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Spartacus

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin Spartacus.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Spartacus

  1. A Thracian name, notably borne by a gladiator who was one of the slave leaders in a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.

Translations

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Thracian *Spartakos (renowned by the spear) (cf. Ancient Greek Σπαράδοκος (Sparádokos)).[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Spartacus m

  1. a male given name from Thracian: A Thracian name, notably borne by a gladiator who was one of the slave leaders in a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Spartacus Spartacī
genitive Spartacī Spartacōrum
dative Spartacō Spartacīs
accusative Spartacum Spartacōs
ablative Spartacō Spartacīs
vocative Spartace Spartacī

References

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  1. ^ Dimitrov, Peter A. (2009) Thracian Language and Greek and Thracian Epigraphy[1], Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, pages 136–137