scortea

Latin

Etymology

Nominalization of scorteus (“made of skin, leather, hides”), from scortum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈskɔr.te.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈskɔr.te.a]

Noun

scortea f (genitive scorteae); first declension

1. leather
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.629–630:

     scortea nōn illī fās est īnferre sacellō,
     nē violent pūrōs exanimāta focōs.

     It is against divine law to bring leather into that sanctuary,
     for dead matter must not defile pure altars.

2. a leather or hide garment, coat, or cloak
3. a leather bag or purse

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	scortea	scorteae
genitive	scorteae	scorteārum
dative	scorteae	scorteīs
accusative	scorteam	scorteās
ablative	scorteā	scorteīs
vocative	scortea	scorteae

Related terms

• scorteus
• scortum

Descendants

• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: shcoarci
  • Romanian: scoarță
  • → Albanian: shkorsë
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: scorza, ⇒ scorzo
  • Neapolitan: scorza
  • Sicilian: scorcia
  • → Arbëresh Albanian: skorcë
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: scuarce
  • Romansch: scorsa
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Northern:
    • Old French: escorce
      • Middle French: escorce
        • French: écorce
      • Norman: êcorche (Jersey)
      • → Middle Dutch: scorce
        • Dutch: schors
  • Southern:
    • Catalan: escorça
    • Occitan: escòrça

References

• “scortĕa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “scortea”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.