sceptrum

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskeːp.trum/, [ˈs̠keːpt̪rʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈʃep.trum/, [ˈʃɛpt̪rum]

Noun

scēptrum n (genitive scēptrī); second declension

  1. sceptre (royal staff, symbol of authority)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scēptrum scēptra
Genitive scēptrī scēptrōrum
Dative scēptrō scēptrīs
Accusative scēptrum scēptra
Ablative scēptrō scēptrīs
Vocative scēptrum scēptra

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: scepter
  • → French: sceptre
  • → German: Zepter
  • → Italian: scettro
  • Portuguese: cetro
  • Spanish: cetro

References
  • “sceptrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sceptrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sceptrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • sceptrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “sceptrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “sceptrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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