LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

scrūtinium

scrūtinium n (genitive scrūtiniī or scrūtinī)

Meaning

  1. search, inquiry, investigation, scrutiny

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativescrūtiniumscrūtinia
genitivescrūtiniī
scrūtinī
scrūtiniōrum
dativescrūtiniōscrūtiniīs
accusativescrūtiniumscrūtinia
ablativescrūtiniōscrūtiniīs
vocativescrūtiniumscrūtinia

scrūtĭnĭum, ii, n. scrutor,
I. a search, inquiry, investigation, scruting (post-class.), App. M. 9, p. 237, 5; Vulg. Psa. 63 (64), 7.

Origins

From scrūtor.

Descendants
  • Catalanescrutini
  • Englishscrutiny
  • Frenchscrutin
  • Italianscrutinio
  • Portugueseescrutínio
  • Romanianscrutin
  • Spanishescrutinio
  • Spanishescudriñarfrom Vulgar Latin *scrutiniare
  • Catalanescodrinyarfrom Vulgar Latin *scrutiniare
  • Galicianescudriñarfrom Vulgar Latin *scrutiniare

In English words that came into English from scrūtinium

  • scrutinyscrūtinium

Quick answers

What does scrūtinium mean in Latin?
scrūtinium, a noun, means “search, inquiry, investigation, scrutiny”.
What is the genitive of scrūtinium?
The genitive singular is scrūtiniī. scrūtinium is neuter, second declension.