LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

scalprum

scalprum n (genitive scalprī)

Meaning

  1. neuterscraper (tool)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

ferrum, quō sculptor ebur secat
scalprum -ī (n) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 20

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativescalprumscalpra
genitivescalprīscalprōrum
dativescalprōscalprīs
accusativescalprumscalpra
ablativescalprōscalprīs
vocativescalprumscalpra

scalprum, i, n. (collat. form scalper, ri, m., Cels. 8, 3) [scalpo],
I. a sharp cutting instrument; a chisel, knife, etc., of sculptors, husbandmen, shoemakers, surgeons, etc., Liv. 27, 49; Col. 4, 25, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 106; Cels. 8, 3 sq.; Sen. Ep. 65, 13.—A penknife, Tac. A. 5, 8; Suet. Vit. 2.—Of a pruning-knife, Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 119.

Origins

From scalpō + -rum (instrument-noun-forming suffix).

Descendants
  • Catalanescarpre
  • Catalanescarpra
  • Frenchéchoppe
  • Italianscalpro
  • Portugueseescopro
  • Spanishescalplo
  • Spanishescoplo
  • Galicianescoupro

In English words that came into English from scalprum

  • scalpelscalpellum
  • scalprumscalprum
  • scalpellumscalpellum
  • scalpriformscalprum

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesScalprumScalprum was the name which might no doubt be applied to any instrument which could be said scalpere, and so it includes both cutting and chiselling t…

Quick answers

What does scalprum mean in Latin?
scalprum, a noun, means “scraper (tool)”.
What is the genitive of scalprum?
The genitive singular is scalprī. scalprum is neuter, second declension.
Which English words come from scalprum?
English words that go back to Latin scalprum include scalprum, scalpriform, scalpel and scalpellum.