scabo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈska.boː/, [ˈs̠käboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈska.bo/, [ˈskäːbo]

Verb

scabō (present infinitive scabere, perfect active scābī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. (transitive) to scratch, scrape, abrade

Conjugation

Conjugation of scabō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	scabō	scabis	scabit	scabimus	scabitis	scabunt
	imperfect	scabēbam	scabēbās	scabēbat	scabēbāmus	scabēbātis	scabēbant
	future	scabam	scabēs	scabet	scabēmus	scabētis	scabent
	perfect	scābī	scābistī	scābit	scābimus	scābistis	scābērunt, scābēre
	pluperfect	scāberam	scāberās	scāberat	scāberāmus	scāberātis	scāberant
	future perfect	scāberō	scāberis	scāberit	scāberimus	scāberitis	scāberint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	scabam	scabās	scabat	scabāmus	scabātis	scabant
	imperfect	scaberem	scaberēs	scaberet	scaberēmus	scaberētis	scaberent
	perfect	scāberim	scāberīs	scāberit	scāberīmus	scāberītis	scāberint
	pluperfect	scābissem	scābissēs	scābisset	scābissēmus	scābissētis	scābissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	scabe	—	—	scabite	—
	future	—	scabitō	scabitō	—	scabitōte	scabuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		scabere	scābisse	—	—	—	—
participles		scabēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		scabendī	scabendō	scabendum	scabendō	—	—

Synonyms

• (scratch, scrape): rādō

Derived terms

• scabiēs
• scobis

Related terms

• scabidus
• scabiola
• scabiōsus
• scabitūdō

See also

• scaber

References

• “scabo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “scabo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scabo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.