Sporus

Latin

Etymology

Likely from Ancient Greek σπόρος (spóros, “seed; semen”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈspo.rus/, [ˈs̠pɔrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspo.rus/, [ˈspɔːrus]

Proper noun

Sporus m sg (genitive Sporī); second declension

1. 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.