scrofulae

== English == === Noun === scrofulae plural of scrofula == Latin == === Etymology === Derived from scrōfa (“sow, female pig”), as a semantic calque of Ancient Greek χοιράδες (khoirádes), derived from χοῖρος (khoîros, “young pig”), because the scars associated with the pathology were deemed reminiscent of a pathology found in pigs. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈskroː.fʊ.ɫae̯] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈskrɔː.fu.le] === Noun === scrōfulae f pl (genitive scrōfulārum); first declension (Late Latin) scrofula ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, plural only. ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: escròfula (learned) → English: scrofula Italian: scrofola === References === “scrofulae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "scrofulae", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “scrofulae”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.