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scandalum

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon, a trap laid for an enemy, a cause of moral stumbling).

Noun

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scandalum n (genitive scandalī); second declension

  1. scandal (in the moral sense)
  2. temptation (to sin)
  3. stumbling block
  4. trap

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative scandalum scandala
genitive scandalī scandalōrum
dative scandalō scandalīs
accusative scandalum scandala
ablative scandalō scandalīs
vocative scandalum scandala
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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkandull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 417