scobis

Latin

Etymology

From scabō (“scratch, scrape”).

Noun

scobis f (genitive scobis); third declension

1. sawdust, wood chips

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	scobis	scobēs
genitive	scobis	scobium
dative	scobī	scobibus
accusative	scobem	scobēs scobīs
ablative	scobe	scobibus
vocative	scobis	scobēs

Synonyms

• (sawdust): lānūgō (transferred sense)

References

• “scobis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “scobis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “scobis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “scobis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “scobis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin