scipio

Latin

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. De Vaan tentatively derives the word from Proto-Italic *skeip-, from a Proto-Indo-European *sḱeip-o-, and connects the word to cippus and Sanskrit शेप (śepa, “penis”).[1] Others derive the word from Proto-Indo-European *skap-, and connect the word to scāpus, scōpa, scopiō, Ancient Greek σκήπτω (skḗptō), English shaft (in addition to cippus, though not शेप (śepa)).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskiː.pi.oː/, [ˈs̠kiːpioː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.pi.o/, [ˈʃiːpio]

Noun

scīpiō m (genitive scīpiōnis); third declension

staff, walking stick

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scīpiō	scīpiōnēs
Genitive	scīpiōnis	scīpiōnum
Dative	scīpiōnī	scīpiōnibus
Accusative	scīpiōnem	scīpiōnēs
Ablative	scīpiōne	scīpiōnibus
Vocative	scīpiō	scīpiōnēs

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “scīpiō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 545

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