scipio

Latin

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. De Vaan tentatively derives the word from Proto-Italic *skeip-, from a Proto-Indo-European *sḱeip-o-, and connects the word to cippus and Sanskrit शेप (śepa, “penis”). Others derive the word from Proto-Indo-European *skap-, and connect the word to scāpus, scōpa, scopiō, Ancient Greek σκήπτω (skḗptō), English shaft (in addition to cippus, though not शेप (śepa)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskiː.pi.oː/, [ˈs̠kiːpioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.pi.o/, [ˈʃiːpio]

Noun

scīpiō m (genitive scīpiōnis); third declension

1. staff, walking stick

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	scīpiō	scīpiōnēs
genitive	scīpiōnis	scīpiōnum
dative	scīpiōnī	scīpiōnibus
accusative	scīpiōnem	scīpiōnēs
ablative	scīpiōne	scīpiōnibus
vocative	scīpiō	scīpiōnēs