Sporus
Latin
Etymology
Likely from Ancient Greek σπόρος (spóros, “seed; semen”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈspɔ.rʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈspɔː.rus]
Proper noun
Sporus m sg (genitive Sporī); second declension
- A eunuch slave of Emperor Nero, who he married as his empress following the death of his wife, Poppaea Sabina.
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Sporus |
| genitive | Sporī |
| dative | Sporō |
| accusative | Sporum |
| ablative | Sporō |
| vocative | Spore |
Further reading
- “Sporus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sporus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.