Scarpus

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskar.pus/, [ˈs̠kärpʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈskar.pus/, [ˈskärpus]

Proper noun

Scarpus m sg (genitive Scarpī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Lucius Pinarius Scarpus, a Roman governor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Scarpus
Genitive	Scarpī
Dative	Scarpō
Accusative	Scarpum
Ablative	Scarpō
Vocative	Scarpe

References

• “Scarpus, L. Pinarius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray