Scaurus

See also: scaurus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Scaurus m sg (genitive Scaurī); second declension

  1. a cognomen used by the gentes Aemilia, Umbricia, and others

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.