Scarpus

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Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Scarpus m sg (genitive Scarpī); second declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Lucius Pinarius Scarpus, a Roman governor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Scarpus
genitive Scarpī
dative Scarpō
accusative Scarpum
ablative Scarpō
vocative Scarpe

References

  • Scarpus, L. Pinarius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray