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Scipio

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See also: Scípio

English

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Scipio

  1. A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use.

Latin

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Etymology

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From scīpiō (a staff, a walking stick), of uncertain origin. Sometimes connected to Proto-Indo-European *skap-, which would make it cognate with scāpus, scōpa, scopiō, cippus, Ancient Greek σκήπτω (skḗptō), English shaft.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Scīpiō m (genitive Scīpiōnis); third declension

  1. A Roman cognomen, usually referring to Scipio Africanus and his close relatives.

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Scīpiō Scīpiōnēs
genitive Scīpiōnis Scīpiōnum
dative Scīpiōnī Scīpiōnibus
accusative Scīpiōnem Scīpiōnēs
ablative Scīpiōne Scīpiōnibus
vocative Scīpiō Scīpiōnēs

Descendants

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  • English: Scipio
  • Greek: Σκιπίων (Skipíon)
  • Italian: Scipione
  • Translingual: Scipionyx

References

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