sceptuchus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκηπτοῦχος (skēptoûkhos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [skeːpˈtuː.kʰʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ʃepˈtuː.kus]
Noun
scēptūchus m (genitive scēptūchī); second declension
- sceptre-bearer, a high officer in the Persian court
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | scēptūchus | scēptūchī |
| genitive | scēptūchī | scēptūchōrum |
| dative | scēptūchō | scēptūchīs |
| accusative | scēptūchum | scēptūchōs |
| ablative | scēptūchō | scēptūchīs |
| vocative | scēptūche | scēptūchī |
References
- “sceptuchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sceptuchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “sceptuchus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.