sceptuchus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκηπτοῦχος (skēptoûkhos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [skeːpˈtuː.kʰʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ʃepˈtuː.kus] === Noun === scēptūchus m (genitive scēptūchī); second declension sceptre-bearer, a high officer in the Persian court ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === References === “sceptuchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “sceptuchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “sceptuchus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.