Scaurus

See also: scaurus

Latin

Etymology

From scaurus (“having large or deformed ankles; clubfooted”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskau̯.rus/, [ˈs̠käu̯rʊs̠]

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

Proper noun

Scaurus m sg (genitive Scaurī); second declension

a cognomen used by the gentes Aemilia, Umbricia, and others
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Scaurus
Genitive	Scaurī
Dative	Scaurō
Accusative	Scaurum
Ablative	Scaurō
Vocative	Scaure

Derived terms

Scauriānus

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.
George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 110.

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