scrofa

From Latin scrōfa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈskrɔ.fa/
• Hyphenation: scrò‧fa

scrofa f (plural scrofe)

1. sow (female pig)

   Synonyms: maiala (rare), porca, troia

• Sometimes used pejoratively of a woman

Originally "digger, rooter," from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskroː.fa/

scrōfa f (genitive scrōfae); first declension

1. sow (female pig, especially one used for breeding)

First declension.

• (sow): porca

• scrōfīnus
• scrōfipascus

• Friulian: scrove
• Italian: scrofa
• Romanian: scroafă
• Sicilian: scrofa
• Venetian: scroa, scrova

• scrofa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scrofa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scrofa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• scrofa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• scrofa in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray