sparus

See also: Sparus and ŝparus

Ido

Verb

sparus

1. conditional of sparar

Latin

FWOTD – 23 March 2024

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.rus/, [ˈs̠pärʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.rus/, [ˈspäːrus]

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“spear, a kind of tree”). Compare Proto-Germanic *speru (“spear”), Albanian shpardh (“Italian oak”).

Alternative forms

• spara n pl

Noun

sparus m (genitive sparī); second declension

1. hunting spear; a small missile weapon with a curved blade

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sparus	sparī
genitive	sparī	sparōrum
dative	sparō	sparīs
accusative	sparum	sparōs
ablative	sparō	sparīs
vocative	spare	sparī

Synonyms

• (hunting spear): venabulum

Etymology 2

sparus (gilt-head bream)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σπάρος (spáros, “annular seabream”).

Noun

sparus m (genitive sparī); second declension

1. gilt-head bream; a kind of fish

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sparus	sparī
genitive	sparī	sparōrum
dative	sparō	sparīs
accusative	sparum	sparōs
ablative	sparō	sparīs
vocative	spare	sparī

Derived terms

• sparulus

Descendants

• Italian: sparo, ⇒ sparaglione
• → Albanian: shpalcë, shparzë
• Translingual: Sparus

Further reading

• “sparus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sparus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sparus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sparus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian

Noun

sparus m

1. accusative plural of spars