Scipio

See also: Scípio

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɪpɪəʊ/

Proper noun

Scipio

A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use.

Latin

Etymology

From scīpiō (“a staff, a walking stick”), of uncertain origin. Sometimes connected to Proto-Indo-European *skap-, which would make it cognate with scāpus, scōpa, scopiō, cippus, Ancient Greek σκήπτω (skḗptō), English shaft.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskiː.pi.oː/, [ˈs̠kiːpioː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.pi.o/, [ˈʃiːpio]

Proper noun

Scīpiō m (genitive Scīpiōnis); third declension

A Roman cognomen, usually referring to Scipio Africanus and his close relatives.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Scīpiō	Scīpiōnēs
Genitive	Scīpiōnis	Scīpiōnum
Dative	Scīpiōnī	Scīpiōnibus
Accusative	Scīpiōnem	Scīpiōnēs
Ablative	Scīpiōne	Scīpiōnibus
Vocative	Scīpiō	Scīpiōnēs

Descendants

English: Scipio
Greek: Σκιπίων (Skipíon)
Italian: Scipione
Translingual: Scipionyx

References

“Scipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Scipio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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