Scipio
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See also: Scípio
English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Scipio
- A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use.
Latin
Etymology
From scīpiō (“a staff, a walking stick”), of uncertain origin. Sometimes connected to Proto-Indo-European *skap-, which would make it cognate with scāpus, scōpa, scopiō, cippus, Ancient Greek σκήπτω (skḗptō), English shaft.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈskiː.pi.oː/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.pi.o/,
Proper noun
Scīpiō m (genitive Scīpiōnis); third declension
- A Roman cognomen, usually referring to Scipio Africanus and his close relatives.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Scīpiō | Scīpiōnēs |
| genitive | Scīpiōnis | Scīpiōnum |
| dative | Scīpiōnī | Scīpiōnibus |
| accusative | Scīpiōnem | Scīpiōnēs |
| ablative | Scīpiōne | Scīpiōnibus |
| vocative | Scīpiō | Scīpiōnēs |
Descendants
References
- “Scipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Scipio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.