scarabaeus
See also: Scarabaeus
English
Etymology
Latin
Alternative forms
- scarabēus
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle, crayfish”), a foreign word.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ska.raˈbae̯.us/, [ska.raˈbae̯.ʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ska.raˈbɛ.us/, [ska.raˈbɛː.us]
Noun
scarabaeus m (genitive scarabaeī); second declension
- A scarab, black dung beetle, revered in Ancient Egypt.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | scarabaeus | scarabaeī |
| Genitive | scarabaeī | scarabaeōrum |
| Dative | scarabaeō | scarabaeīs |
| Accusative | scarabaeum | scarabaeōs |
| Ablative | scarabaeō | scarabaeīs |
| Vocative | scarabaee | scarabaeī |
Descendants
- Aragonese: escarabaxo
- Asturian: escarabayu
- English: scarab
- Esperanto: skarabo
- Galician: escaravello
- Italian: scarabeo, scarafaggio
- Middle French: scarabée
- French: scarabée
- Polishː skarabeusz
- Portuguese: escaravelho
- Russian: скарабей (skarabej)
- Spanish: escarabajo
- Old French: escharbot
- Translingual: Scarabaeus
References
- scarabaeus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scarabaeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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