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

ditch, trench
dike

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scrobis	scrobēs
Genitive	scrobis	scrobum
Dative	scrobī	scrobibus
Accusative	scrobem	scrobēs
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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