Scaurus

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Latin

Etymology

From scaurus (“having large or deformed ankles; clubfooted”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskau̯.rus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈskau̯.rus/,

Proper noun

Scaurus m sg (genitive Scaurī); second declension

a cognomen used by the gentes Aemilia, Umbricia, and others
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Scaurus
genitive	Scaurī
dative	Scaurō
accusative	Scaurum
ablative	Scaurō
vocative	Scaure

Derived terms

Scauriānus

References

“Scaurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Scaurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 110.

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