scobina

English

Etymology

Latin [Term?]

Noun

scobina (plural scobinae)

  1. (botany) The pedicle of the spikelets of grasses.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From scobis (sawdust).

Pronunciation

Noun

scobīna f (genitive scobīnae); first declension

  1. a rasp

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative scobīna scobīnae
genitive scobīnae scobīnārum
dative scobīnae scobīnīs
accusative scobīnam scobīnās
ablative scobīnā scobīnīs
vocative scobīna scobīnae

Descendants

  • Spanish: escofina

References

  • scobina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scobina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • scobina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers