scarus

See also: Scarus

English

Etymology

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

Noun

scarus (plural scari)

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

References

• “scarus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• scaurs

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκάρος (skáros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈska.rus/, [ˈs̠kärʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈska.rus/, [ˈskäːrus]

Noun

scarus m (genitive scarī); second declension

1. scar, a kind of fish

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	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

1. first-person singular preterite conjunct of scaraid