scutra Latin · revision 6063

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈskʊ.tra]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈskuː.tra]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''scutra''' ''f'' (genitive scutrae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Its origin is unclear.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) A link with [[scūtum]] “shield” seems possible, since an upturned shield could serve as a dish, but a suffix -ra would be an unusual way to form a noun from it, so de Vaan thinks it may be a loanword.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Walde and Hofmann took the variant [[m|la|scūta]] as a back-formation from [[scutella]], with its long /ū/ from ''scūtum''.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a shallow dish or pan, a flat tray or platter, used in cooking in Cato's recipes.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lucilius has the variant ''scūta'', and the Vulgate uses it of the vessels of Solomon's temple.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Its diminutives were ''scutella'' “small dish” and ''scutula''.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Through ''scutella'' and Old English ''scutel'' it is the source of [[en|scuttle]] “dish, basket”, and of French ''écuelle'' and Italian ''scodella''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it in a recipe.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it of temple vessels.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A shallow [[m|en|dish]], [[m|en|pan]], [[m|en|platter]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[scutella]]

+ * [[scutula]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|scuttle]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}