adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
scorteus
scorteus (feminine scortea, neuter scorteum)
Classical[ˈskɔr.te.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈskɔr.te.us]
Meaning
- adjectivemade of hides or leather; leathern
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ē coriō factusscorteus -a -um — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 12
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | scorteus | scortea | scorteum |
| genitive | scorteī | scorteae | scorteī |
| dative | scorteō | scorteae | scorteō |
| accusative | scorteum | scorteam | scorteum |
| ablative | scorteō | scorteā | scorteō |
| vocative | scortee | scortea | scorteum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | scorteī | scorteae | scortea |
| genitive | scorteōrum | scorteārum | scorteōrum |
| dative | scorteīs | scorteīs | scorteīs |
| accusative | scorteōs | scorteās | scortea |
| ablative | scorteīs | scorteīs | scorteīs |
| vocative | scorteī | scorteae | scortea |
scortĕus, a, um, adj. scortum, I.,
I. made of hides or leather, leathern:
etiam nunc dicimus scortea ea, quae ex corio ac pellibus sunt facta, Varr. L. L. 7, § 84 Müll.; cf. Ov. F. 1, 629; and Fest. s. v. scorta, p. 330 Müll.: fascinum, Petr. 138, 1: pulvinus, Cels. 8, 12: asses, Hier. Chron. ad annum MCCC.—In a lusus verbb.: scorteum scortum, i. e. wrinkled, old, App. M. 1, p. 105, 36. —Subst.: scortĕa, ae, f. (sc. vestis), a garment of skins or leather, Sen. Q. N. 4, 6; Mart. 14, 130; Isid. 20, 7, 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
scorteus adj.
scortum, of hides, leathern .— As subst n. : Scortea inferre sacello, things made of leather , O.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin scorteus From scortum + -eus.
Italo-Romance
- Italianscorzo
Ibero-Romance
- Spanishescuerzo