LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

scandula

scandula f (genitive scandulae)

Meaning

  1. feminineroof-shingle

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativescandulascandulae
genitivescandulaescandulārum
dativescandulaescandulīs
accusativescandulamscandulās
ablativescandulāscandulīs
vocativescandulascandulae

scandŭla (later form scindŭla, as if from scindo), ae, f. dim. scando,
I. a shingle for a roof (so named from their rising, like steps, one above the other); mostly plur., Hirt. B. G. 8, 42 init.; Plin. 16, 10, 15, § 36; 16, 10, 18, § 42; Col. 8, 3, 6; Vitr. 2, 1; Isid. 19, 19, 7; Pall. 1, 22.

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *sked- (“to split, scatter”), from *sek- (“to cut”).

Italo-Romance
  • Italianscandola
  • Italianscannuia
  • Neapolitanscannia
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianscândură
Insular Romance
  • Sicilianiscannula
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianscjandula
  • Friulians'ciàndule
  • Ladinsciandora
  • Ladinsandla
  • Romanshscongla
  • Romanshschlonda
  • Romanshs-chandella
Gallo-Italic
  • Ligurianscandora
  • Ticinesescandlafrom Lombard scandola
  • Ticinesescandrafrom Lombard scandola
  • Ticineseszandrafrom Lombard scandola
Borrowings
  • CzechŠkudlafrom Old Czech škudla
  • Serbo-Croatianskȕdla
  • Sloveneskọ̑dla

Quick answers

What does scandula mean in Latin?
scandula, a noun, means “roof-shingle”.
What is the genitive of scandula?
The genitive singular is scandulae. scandula is feminine, first declension.