scato

See also: scato-

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sket- (to drive forward), and cognate with Lithuanian skàsti (to jump).[1] Proto-Germanic *skeutaną (to shoot) may also be related.

Pronunciation

Verb

scatō (present infinitive scatere, perfect active scatuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to spring, well
  2. to be plentiful, to abound

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “scatō, ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 543

Further reading

  • scato”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scato”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scato in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • scato”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scato”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skadu, whence also Old English sceadu.

Noun

scato m

  1. shade, shadow (noun)

Descendants

  • Middle High German: schate, schatewe, schete, schade, schede