scortillum
Latin
Etymology
From scortum (“hide, skin; whore, prostitute”) + -illum (“-elle”, suffix forming diminutives).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /skorˈtil.lum/, [s̠kɔrˈt̪ɪlːʲʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /skorˈtil.lum/, [skorˈt̪ilːum]
Noun
scortillum n (genitive scortillī); second declension
- A little whore: a young, small, inexperienced, cute, or unesteemed prostitute.
- 1719, William Musgrave, Antiquitates Britanno-Belgicae..., Vol. I, Cap. XII, § I:
- Prima Venerem repraesentat. Tam eximia fuit, tamque praeclara Veneris forma, quae illam Cinyrae, Regi Cyprio, cujus Scortillum erat, commendaret...
- The first [statue] displays Venus. So exceptional and so renowned was the body of Venus, which presumably commended her to Cinyras, the Cyprian’s king, whose little Whore she was...
- 1719, William Musgrave, Antiquitates Britanno-Belgicae..., Vol. I, Cap. XII, § I:
- A little slut: a young, small, inexperienced, cute, or unesteemed sexually active woman.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | scortillum | scortilla |
Genitive | scortillī | scortillōrum |
Dative | scortillō | scortillīs |
Accusative | scortillum | scortilla |
Ablative | scortillō | scortillīs |
Vocative | scortillum | scortilla |
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