scalpellum

English

Etymology

Latin scalpellum

Noun

scalpellum (plural scalpella)

  1. (zoology) One of the four filamentous organs in the proboscis of hemipterous insects.

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of scalprum.

Noun

scalpellum n (genitive scalpellī); second declension

  1. scalpel, lancet
  2. grafting knife

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scalpellum scalpella
Genitive scalpellī scalpellōrum
Dative scalpellō scalpellīs
Accusative scalpellum scalpella
Ablative scalpellō scalpellīs
Vocative scalpellum scalpella

Descendants
  • Asturian: escalpelu
  • Catalan: escalpel
  • Dalmatian: scarpel
  • English: scalpel
  • German: Skalpell

References
  • scalpellum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scalpellum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scalpellum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • scalpellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • scalpellum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scalpellum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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