scarus

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin scarus . See scar (a kind of fish).

Noun[edit]

scarus (plural scari)

  1. A parrotfish, a Mediterranean food fish (any of various Scaridae species).

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek σκάρος (skáros).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

scarus m (genitive scarī); second declension

  1. scar, a kind of fish

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scarus scarī
Genitive scarī scarōrum
Dative scarō scarīs
Accusative scarum scarōs
Ablative scarō scarīs
Vocative scare scarī

Descendants[edit]

  • French: scare
  • Italian: scaro
  • Portuguese: escaro
  • Spanish: escaro
  • Translingual: Scarus

References[edit]

  • scarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scarus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Irish[edit]

Verb[edit]

·scarus

  1. first-person singular preterite conjunct of scaraid