"screa" meaning in Latin

See screa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈskre.a] [Classical-Latin], [ˈskrɛː.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: screōrum [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], screa [nominative, plural], screōrum [genitive, plural], screīs [dative, plural], screa [accusative, plural], screīs [ablative, plural], screa [plural, vocative]
Etymology: Unclear, related to screō (“to hawk”). Etymology templates: {{unk|la|Unclear}} Unclear Head templates: {{la-noun|screa<2.pl>}} screa n pl (genitive screōrum); second declension, {{tlb|la|only attested in a <<gloss>>}} (only attested in a gloss) Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|screa<2.pl>}}
  1. sputum, spittle spat out from one's mouth by hawking Wikipedia link: University of Chicago Tags: declension-2, neuter, plural Synonyms: spūtum
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