scrofulae
See also: scrofulæ
English
Noun
scrofulae
- plural of scrofula
Latin
Etymology
Derived from scrōfa (“sow, female pig”), as a semantic calque of Ancient Greek χοιράδες (khoirádes), derived from χοῖρος (khoîros, “young pig”), because the scars associated with the pathology were deemed reminiscent of a pathology found in pigs.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskroː.fu.lae̯/, [ˈs̠kroːfʊɫ̪äe̯]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈskro.fu.le/, [ˈskrɔːfule]
Noun
scrōfulae f pl (genitive scrōfulārum); first declension
- (Late Latin) scrofula
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | scrōfulae |
| Genitive | scrōfulārum |
| Dative | scrōfulīs |
| Accusative | scrōfulās |
| Ablative | scrōfulīs |
| Vocative | scrōfulae |
Descendants
- → English: scrofula
- Italian: scrofola
References
- “scrofulae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scrofulae 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)
- scrofulae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette