Meaning of scortum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. harlot, prostitute (of either sex)
   declension-2, neuter
2. animal skin stripped off, hide, fell, pelt
   declension-2, neuter, rare

Equivalents

Examples

“63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations 14.Nam ut cuiusque studium ex aetāte flāgrābat, aliīs scorta praebēre, aliīs canēs atque equōs mercārī..As the passions of each, according to his years, appeared excited, he furnished mistresses to some, bought horses and dogs for others.”

“Near-synonym: cutis”

“Apud Terentium: Scortatur, potat, olet vnguentum, de meo. Scortari est sæpius meretriculam ducere, quæ scortum dicta à pelle. Id enim non solum antiqui dicebant, sed etiam nunc dicimus scortea ea, quæ ex corio, & pellibus sunt facta. Inde in aliquot sacris ac sacellis scriptũ habemus: ne quod scorteum adhibeatur, ideo, ne morticinum quid adsit. In Atellanis licet animaduertere rusticos dicere, se adduxisse pro scorto pelliculam.”

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“Qualis ille Hercules in serico Omphales fuerit, iam Ompahle in Herculis scorto designata descripsit.”

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