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scato-

  1. a combining form meaning “excrement,” used in the formation of compound words:

    scatology.



scato-

combining_form

  1. dung or excrement

    scatophagous

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scato-1

< Greek skato-, combining form of skôr dung; akin to Old English scearn, Old Norse skarn dung
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scato-1

from Greek skōr, skat- dung
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Example Sentences

Horum maximus Haldanus, Roe et Scato fratribus interfectis, naturam scelere polluit: regnum parricidio carpsit.

Cnaeus Pompeius, the son of Sextus, being consul, in my presence, when I was serving my first campaign in his army, had a conference with Publius Vettius Scato, the general of the Marsians, between the camps.

And when Scato had saluted him, "What," said he, "am I to call you?"—"Call me," said he, "one who is by inclination a friend, by necessity an enemy."

Put he was beaten by Vettius Scato in Samnium with the loss of 2,000 men.

As soon as the consul had reached the opposite bank, an ambuscade set by Vettius Scato attacked him, and slew him and 8,000 of his men.

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