Scaurus

See also: scaurus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskau̯.rus/, [ˈs̠käu̯rʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈskau̯.rus/, [ˈskäːu̯rus]

Proper noun

Scaurus m sg (genitive Scaurī); second declension

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

   Marcus Aemilius Scaurus

    

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.