scarus

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English

Etymology

From Latin scarus . See scar (“a kind of fish”).

Noun

scarus (plural scari)

  1. A parrotfish, a Mediterranean food fish (any of various Scaridae species).

References

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκάρος (skáros).

Pronunciation

Noun

scarus m (genitive scarī); second declension

  1. scar, a kind of fish

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scarus scarī
Genitive scarī scarōrum
Dative scarō scarīs
Accusative scarum scarōs
Ablative scarō scarīs
Vocative scare scarī

Descendants

  • → French: scare
  • Italian: scaro
  • Portuguese: escaro
  • Spanish: escaro
  • → Translingual: Scarus

References

  • “scarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “scarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scarus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Irish

Verb

·scarus

  1. first-person singular preterite conjunct of scaraid
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