The corpus record — Latin

scapha

scapha · f

a light boat

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Where it lives

Mostellaria 41 · 42.61/10k
De Bello Alexandrino 7 · 6.71/10k
Rudens 7 · 5.9/10k
Antoninus Caracallus 1 · 4.9/10k
Hannibal 1 · 4.89/10k
De Bello Civili 9 · 2.79/10k
De Bello Africo 3 · 2.31/10k
De Bello Hispaniensi 1 · 1.65/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 29 2 · 1.63/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 44 2 · 1.58/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 25 2 · 1.38/10k

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. scăpha — Lewis & Short

scăpha, ae, f. = ska/fh; cf. scabo,

I a light boat, a skiff (cf.: lembus, cymba): de navi timidae desiluerunt in scapham, Plaut. Rud. prol. 75; 1, 2, 74; 1, 2, 76; 1, 2, 84; 2, 3, 36; 2, 3, 38; Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154; Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19; Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 535, 11; Liv. 44, 42: biremis, * Hor. C. 3, 29, 62: piscatoria, Just. 2, 13, 9 et saep.; Vulg. Act. 27, 16.

2. scapha — Walde–Hofmann

scapha, -ae f. , Nachen, Kahn“ (seit Plaut. [-& Vitr.)), seaphium, 4 n. „Becken, Schale, Geschirr“ (seit Plt., scaphärius Inschr., scaphisterium Gl): — entl. aus gr. oxden, -lov ds.; beste Schreibung ist jedoch mit -p- (Lachmann zu Lucr. 6, 1046). Nach Solmsen Beitr. 203 war ein vlt. *scapa „Becken, Mulde“ das Gebewort für as. skap, ahd. skaf n. „Gefäß für Flüssigkeiten“. scaprös s. scabö. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. scapha, p. 1395]

In the wild

Scaphae Plautus, Mostellaria 1.3
scaphas Tacitus, Annales 14.p8
scaphis Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.29.27.15
scaphas Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili 3.62.2
Scapha Plautus, Mostellaria 1.3
Scapha Plautus, Mostellaria 1.3

6 of 105 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. scapha (scan p. 624; entry #10265).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. scapha (scan p. 1395; entry #2460).

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