LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

scamnum

scamnum n (genitive scamnī)

Meaning

  1. neuterstool, step, bench
  2. neuterridge (of earth formed by ploughing)
  3. neuterbreadth of a field

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativescamnum
scabnum		scamna
scabna
genitivescamnī
scabnī		scamnōrum
scabnōrum
dativescamnō
scabnō		scamnīs
scabnīs
accusativescamnum
scabnum		scamna
scabna
ablativescamnō
scabnō		scamnīs
scabnīs
vocativescamnum
scabnum		scamna
scabna

scamnum, i, n. for scap-num; root skap-; Gr. σκήπτω, to support; cf.: scabellum, scapus, scipio,
I. a bench, stool, step, etc.
I. In gen.: quă simplici scansione scandebant in lectum non altum, scabellum; in altiorem, scamnum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 168 Müll.; Ov. A. A. 2, 211; 1, 162: longis considere scamnis, id. F. 6, 305; Cels. 2, 15: sedere in scamnis equitum, Mart. 5, 41, 7.— Of horizontal branches of trees serving as seats, Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 10: ramorum, id. 17, 23, 35, § 201.—Poet., a throne: regni stabilita scamna solumque, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48 fin. (Ann. v. 99 Vahl.).—
II. In partic.
A. In agriculture, a bank or ridge of earth left in ploughing, a balk (cf.: lira, porca), Col. 2, 2, 25; 2, 4, 3; 3, 13, 10; id. Arb. 12, 2; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179.—
B. In the agrimensores, the breadth of a field (opp. striga, the length), Auct. Rei Agr. p. 46; 125; 198 Goes.

Origins

For *scabnum, from Proto-Italic *skaβnom, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ-no-m, from *skabʰ- (“to hold up, support”). Cognate with Sanskrit स्कम्भ (skambhá, “prop, support, pillar”).

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanescon
  • Catalanescó
  • Occitanescanh
  • Old Frencheschame
  • Old Frenchescaigne
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseescanofrom Old Galician-Portuguese escano
  • Spanishescañofrom Old Spanish escanno
  • Portugueseescanhofrom Old Spanish escanno
  • Galicianescanofrom Old Galician-Portuguese escano
  • Asturianescañufrom Old Leonese escanno
  • Asturianescanufrom Old Leonese escanno
  • Asturianiscanufrom Old Leonese escanno
  • Asturianesquenufrom Old Leonese escanno
  • Asturianesconufrom Old Leonese escanno
  • Leoneseescandufrom Old Leonese escanno
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianscaun
  • Aromanianscamnu
  • Istro-Romanianscånd
  • Megleno-Romanianscand
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianscanno
  • Sicilianscannu
  • Venetanscagno
  • Venetanscagn
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianscagn
  • Ladinscagn
Gallo-Italic
  • Lombardscagna
  • Lombardscagnœl
Borrowings
  • Albanianshkëmb
  • Bretonskaoñ
  • Byzantine Greekσκαμνίονfrom Koine Greek σκάμνον

Quick answers

What does scamnum mean in Latin?
scamnum, a noun, means “stool, step, bench; ridge (of earth formed by ploughing); breadth of a field”.
What is the genitive of scamnum?
The genitive singular is scamnī. scamnum is neuter, second declension.