noun · neutersecond declension
scrōtum
scrōtum n (genitive scrōtī)
Classical[ˈskroː.tũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈskrɔː.tum]
Meaning
- scrotum
Scrōtum est membrum gignendī hominis et animālis in fōrmam saccī, quod testēs continet et prōtegit.
The scrotum is a human and animal body part for procreation in the form of a sack, which contains and protects the testes.estque tum scrotum et rotundum et tactu leve
Then the scrotum becomes round and smooth to the touchc. 25 BCE – c. 50 CE, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina 7.7
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | scrōtum | scrōta |
| genitive | scrōtī | scrōtōrum |
| dative | scrōtō | scrōtīs |
| accusative | scrōtum | scrōta |
| ablative | scrōtō | scrōtīs |
| vocative | scrōtum | scrōta |
Origins
Uncertain. De Vaan proposes a possible pre-form of the shape *skrout-, which he suggests may have yielded scrūt- (as in scrūta) in Rome and scrōt- (“rubbish”) in Latium. This proposal is nevertheless still tentative, as it is not clear whether scrōtum belongs to the same semantic family as scrūta. Regarding external Indo-European comparanda, De Vaan suggests only Germanic forms such as scrēadian (“to shred”). Compare English shroud, Swedish skrutt (“something shriveled up, scrotum”).
Elsewhere
- Catalanescrot
- Englishscrotum
- Frenchscrotum
- GermanSkrotum
- Italianscroto
- Portugueseescroto
- Romanianscrot
- Spanishescroto
- Albanianskrotum
- Aragoneseescroto
Norwegian
- Norwegian Bokmålskrotum
In English words that came into English from scrōtum
- scrotumscrōtum