scandalum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon, a trap laid for an enemy, a cause of moral stumbling).

Noun

scandalum n (genitive scandalī); second declension

  1. temptation (to sin)
  2. stumbling block
  3. trap

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scandalum scandala
Genitive scandalī scandalōrum
Dative scandalō scandalīs
Accusative scandalum scandala
Ablative scandalō scandalīs
Vocative scandalum scandala

Descendants

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkandull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 417
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