scarus

See also: Scarus

English

Etymology

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

Noun

scarus (plural scari)

A Mediterranean food fish (any of various Scaridae species); the parrotfish.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for scarus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

scaurs

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκάρος (skáros).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈska.rus/, [ˈs̠kärʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈska.rus/, [ˈskäːrus]

Noun

scarus m (genitive scarī); second declension

scar, a kind of fish

Declension

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

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

References

“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

Verb

·scarus

first-person singular preterite conjunct of scaraid

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