Latin

Noun

scēptrum n ‎(genitive scēptrī); second declension

1. sceptre (royal staff, symbol of authority)

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

References

• sceptrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sceptrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SCEPTRUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sceptrum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• sceptrum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sceptrum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin