Scipio
See also: Scípio
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Scipio
- A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From scīpiō (“a staff, a walking stick”), of uncertain origin. Sometimes connected to Proto-Indo-European *skap-, which would make it cognate with scāpus, scōpa, scopiō, cippus, Ancient Greek σκήπτω (skḗptō), English shaft.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskiː.pi.oː/, [ˈs̠kiːpioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.pi.o/, [ˈʃiːpio]
Proper noun edit
Scīpiō m (genitive Scīpiōnis); third declension
- A Roman cognomen, usually referring to Scipio Africanus and his close relatives.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Scīpiō | Scīpiōnēs |
Genitive | Scīpiōnis | Scīpiōnum |
Dative | Scīpiōnī | Scīpiōnibus |
Accusative | Scīpiōnem | Scīpiōnēs |
Ablative | Scīpiōne | Scīpiōnibus |
Vocative | Scīpiō | Scīpiōnēs |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Scipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Scipio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.