scirros

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Latin

Alternative forms

scirrhos

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκῖρος (skîros).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskir.ros/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈʃir.ros/,

Noun

scirros m (genitive scirrī); second declension

A hard swelling or tumour

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	scirros	scirrī
genitive	scirrī	scirrōrum
dative	scirrō	scirrīs
accusative	scirron	scirrōs
ablative	scirrō	scirrīs
vocative	scirre	scirrī

References

“scirros”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
scirros in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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