spado

English

Etymology

From Latin spado, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

spado (plural spadoes or spadones)

1. (now rare) Someone who has been castrated; a eunuch or castrato.
   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.9:

     an impotency, or total privation thereof, prolongeth life; and they live longest in every kind that exercise it not at all. And this is true, not only in eunuchs by nature, but spadoes by art [...].

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Latin

Noun

spadō (genitive spadōnis); m, third declension

1. eunuch
2. an impotent person

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	spadō	spadōnēs
genitive	spadōnis	spadōnum
dative	spadōnī	spadōnibus
accusative	spadōnem	spadōnēs
ablative	spadōne	spadōnibus
vocative	spadō	spadōnēs