scabinus

== English == === Noun === scabinus (plural scabini) (historical) A municipal officer roughly equivalent to a councilman or alderman. == Latin == === Etymology === From Old Saxon scepino (“to judge”) or Frankish *skapin, related to *skappjan (“to create, make”). Cognate with Dutch schepen and German Schöffe. === Noun === scabīnus m (genitive scabīnī); second declension A municipal officer roughly equivalent to a councilman or alderman. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Old French: eschevin, eskevin Middle French: eschevin, esquevin French: échevin → Middle English: skeueyn, skeuayn, skyueyn, skyuen Italian: scabino === References === “scabinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. scabinus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016