Scytalosagittipelliger

Latin

Etymology

scytalē (“staff, cudgel”) +‎ sagitta (“arrow”) + pellis (“hide, pelt”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sky.ta.lo.sa.ɡit.tiˈpel.li.ɡer/, [s̠kʏt̪äɫ̪ɔs̠äɡɪt̪ːɪˈpɛlːʲɪɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ʃi.ta.lo.sa.d͡ʒit.tiˈpel.li.d͡ʒer/, [ʃit̪älos̬äd͡ʒit̪ːiˈpɛlːid͡ʒer]

Proper noun

Scytalosagittipelliger m sg (genitive Scytalosagittipelligerī); second declension

1. the Club-shaft-and-hide-bearer (epithet of Hercules)

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Scytalosagittipelliger
genitive	Scytalosagittipelligerī
dative	Scytalosagittipelligerō
accusative	Scytalosagittipelligerum
ablative	Scytalosagittipelligerō
vocative	Scytalosagittipelliger

References

• “Scytalosagittipelliger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Scytalosagittipelliger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.