LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

scortea

scortea f (genitive scorteae)
Classical[ˈskɔr.te.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈskɔr.te.a]

Meaning

  1. feminineleather
    scortea nōn illī fās est īnferre sacellō,It is against divine law to bring leather into that sanctuary, for dead matter must not defile pure altars.8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 1.629–630
  2. femininea leather or hide garment, coat, or cloak
  3. femininea leather bag or purse

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativescorteascorteae
genitivescorteaescorteārum
dativescorteaescorteīs
accusativescorteamscorteās
ablativescorteāscorteīs
vocativescorteascorteae

Origins

Nominalization of scorteus (“made of skin, leather, hides”), from scortum.

Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchécorcefrom Old French escorce
  • Catalanescorça
  • Occitanescòrça
  • Normanêcorchefrom Old French escorce
  • Dutchschorsfrom Old French escorce
  • Aragoneseescorza
  • Aragoneseescarza
  • Aragoneseescorcha
Italo-Romance
  • Italianscorza
  • Italianscorzo
  • Neapolitanscorza
  • Sicilianscorcia
  • Arbëresh Albanianskorcë
Southern Romance
  • Sardinianiscortza
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianscoarță
  • Aromanianshcoarci
  • Albanianshkorsë
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianscuarce
  • Romanshscorsa

Quick answers

What does scortea mean in Latin?
scortea, a noun, means “leather; a leather or hide garment, coat, or cloak; a leather bag or purse”.
What is the genitive of scortea?
The genitive singular is scorteae. scortea is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce scortea?
In classical Latin, [ˈskɔr.te.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈskɔr.te.a].