scrutinium

Latin

Etymology

From scrūtor.

Noun

scrūtinium n (genitive scrūtiniī or scrūtinī); second declension

  1. search, inquiry, investigation, scrutiny

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative scrūtinium scrūtinia
genitive scrūtiniī
scrūtinī1
scrūtiniōrum
dative scrūtiniō scrūtiniīs
accusative scrūtinium scrūtinia
ablative scrūtiniō scrūtiniīs
vocative scrūtinium scrūtinia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • Catalan: escrutini
  • English: scrutiny
  • French: scrutin
  • Italian: scrutinio
  • Portuguese: escrutínio
  • Romanian: scrutin
  • Spanish: escrutinio
  • Vulgar Latin: *scrutiniare

References

  • scrutinium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "scrutinium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • scrutinium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • scrutinium in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016