scabies

English
scabies of the hand

Etymology

From Middle English scabies, scabiez, from Latin scabiēs (“scurf; scab, mange, itch”), from scabō (“scratch, scrape”, verb).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈskei.biz/
  • Rhymes: -eɪbiz

Noun

scabies (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) An infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing intense itching caused by the mites burrowing into the skin of humans and other animals. It is easily transmissible from human to human; secondary skin infection may occur.

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Latin

Etymology

From scabō (“scratch, scrape”).

Pronunciation

Noun

scabiēs f (genitive scabiēī); fifth declension

  1. roughness, scurf
  2. mildew
  3. scab, mange, itch
  4. (figuratively) itching, longing, pruriency

Inflection

Fifth declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scabiēs scabiēs
Genitive scabiēī scabiērum
Dative scabiēī scabiēbus
Accusative scabiem scabiēs
Ablative scabiē scabiēbus
Vocative scabiēs scabiēs

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References
  • scabies in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scabies in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scabies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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