scarus

See also: Scarus

English

Etymology

Latin . See scar (“a kind of fish”).

Noun

scarus (plural scari)

  1. A Mediterranean food fish (Scaridae spp.); 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκάρος (skáros).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈska.rus/, [ˈska.rʊs]

Noun

scarus m (genitive scarī); second declension

  1. scar, a kind of fish

Inflection

Second declension.

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

Descendants

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
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