scrobis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Latin scortum (“skin, hide”), cortex (“bark”), scrūpus (“sharp stone”).

Noun

scrobis m (genitive scrobis); third declension

  1. ditch, trench
    Synonym: fossa
  2. grave

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scrobis scrobēs
Genitive scrobis scrobium
Dative scrobī scrobibus
Accusative scrobem scrobēs
scrobīs
Ablative scrobe scrobibus
Vocative scrobis scrobēs

Descendants
  • Aromanian: scrob
  • Romanian: scorbură

References
  • “scrobis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “scrobis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scrobis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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