Latin

Noun

scopulus m ‎(genitive scopulī); second declension

1. crag (projecting rock)
2. rock (in/under the sea)

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

References

• scopulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scopulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SCOPULUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “scopulus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the ship strikes on the rocks: navis ad scopulos alliditur (B. C. 3. 27)