LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

scortillum

scortillum n (genitive scortillī)
Classical[skɔrˈtɪl.lũː]Ecclesiastical[skorˈtil.lum]

Meaning

  1. neuterlittle whore (a young, small, inexperienced, cute, or unesteemed prostitute)
    scortillum, ut mihi tum repente vīsum est […]A little whore, as it then immediately seemed to me, […]c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 10.3
    1719, William Musgrave, Antiquitates Britanno-Belgicae..., Vol. I, Cap. XII, § IThe first [statue] displays Venus. So exceptional and so renowned was the body of Venus, which presumably commended her to Cinyras, the Cyprian’s king, whose little Whore she was...
  2. neuterlittle slut (a young, small, inexperienced, cute, or unesteemed sexually active woman)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativescortillumscortilla
genitivescortillīscortillōrum
dativescortillōscortillīs
accusativescortillumscortilla
ablativescortillōscortillīs
vocativescortillumscortilla

scortillum, i, n. dim. scortum, II.,
I. a little or young harlot, Cat. 10, 3; cf. † scortulum.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -illum Latin scortillum From scortum (“hide, skin; whore, prostitute”) + -illum (suffix forming diminutives).

Quick answers

What does scortillum mean in Latin?
scortillum, a noun, means “little whore (a young, small, inexperienced, cute, or unesteemed prostitute); little slut (a young, small, inexperienced, cute, or unesteemed sexually active woman)”.
What is the genitive of scortillum?
The genitive singular is scortillī. scortillum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce scortillum?
In classical Latin, [skɔrˈtɪl.lũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [skorˈtil.lum].