scacci

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskat.t͡ʃi/
• Rhymes: -attʃi
• Hyphenation: scàc‧ci

Verb

scacci

1. inflection of scacciare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Latin

Alternative forms

• scacchī, scācī, scāchī

Etymology

From Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king [in chess]”), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “shah”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskak.kiː/, [ˈs̠käkːiː]

Noun

scaccī m pl (genitive scaccōrum); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) chess

   Synonym: lūdus scaccōrum

Usage notes

• In the Classical pronunciation, scacci is consonantially identical to the modern Italian-language designation for chess scacchi, but this is not so in Ecclesiastical. Ecclesiastical or Italianate Latin is thus more likely to use the alternative form scacchi, which forces [k] before [i].

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	scaccī
Genitive	scaccōrum
Dative	scaccīs
Accusative	scaccōs
Ablative	scaccīs
Vocative	scaccī

Derived terms

• scaccus
• lūdus scaccōrum

References

• scacci 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)