sceptrum
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskeːp.trum/, [ˈs̠keːpt̪rʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈʃep.trum/, [ˈʃɛpt̪rum]
Noun
scēptrum n (genitive scēptrī); second declension
- sceptre (royal staff, symbol of authority)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | scēptrum | scēptra |
| Genitive | scēptrī | scēptrōrum |
| Dative | scēptrō | scēptrīs |
| Accusative | scēptrum | scēptra |
| Ablative | scēptrō | scēptrīs |
| Vocative | scēptrum | scēptra |
Derived terms
- scēptrifer
- scēptriger
Descendants
- → English: scepter
- → French: sceptre
- → German: Zepter
- → Italian: scettro
- Portuguese: cetro
- Spanish: cetro
References
- “sceptrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sceptrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sceptrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- sceptrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “sceptrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “sceptrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin