scrofulae

See also: scrofulæ

English

Noun

scrofulae

1. plural of scrofula

Latin

Etymology

Derived from scrōfa (“sow, female pig”), as a semantic calque of Ancient Greek χοιράδες (khoirádes), derived from χοῖρος (khoîros, “young pig”), because the scars associated with the pathology were deemed reminiscent of a pathology found in pigs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskroː.fu.lae̯/, [ˈs̠kroːfʊɫ̪äe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈskro.fu.le/, [ˈskrɔːfule]

Noun

scrōfulae f pl (genitive scrōfulārum); first declension

1. (Late Latin) scrofula

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	scrōfulae
Genitive	scrōfulārum
Dative	scrōfulīs
Accusative	scrōfulās
Ablative	scrōfulīs
Vocative	scrōfulae

Descendants

• → Catalan: escròfula (learned)
• → English: scrofula
• Italian: scrofola

References

• “scrofulae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scrofulae 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)
• scrofulae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.