scaurus

See also: Scaurus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκαῦρος (skaûros, “having skewed hooves”), related to σκαιός (skaiós, “left; left-handed; awkward, clumsy; unlucky; crooked”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

scaurus (feminine scaura, neuter scaurum); first/second-declension adjective

1. having large or deformed ankles, particularly clubfooted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	scaurus	scaura	scaurum		scaurī	scaurae	scaura
genitive	scaurī	scaurae	scaurī		scaurōrum	scaurārum	scaurōrum
dative	scaurō	scaurae	scaurō		scaurīs
accusative	scaurum	scauram	scaurum		scaurōs	scaurās	scaura
ablative	scaurō	scaurā	scaurō		scaurīs
vocative	scaure	scaura	scaurum		scaurī	scaurae	scaura

Derived terms

• Scauriānus
• Scaurus

 

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.