sparus

See also: Sparus and ŝparus

Ido

Verb

sparus

1. conditional of sparar

Latin

FWOTD – 23 March 2024

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.rus/, [ˈs̠pärʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.rus/, [ˈspäːrus]

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *sperH-. Compare English spear.

Alternative forms

• spara n pl

Noun

sparus m (genitive sparī); second declension

1. hunting spear; a small missile weapon with a curved blade

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sparus	sparī
Genitive	sparī	sparōrum
Dative	sparō	sparīs
Accusative	sparum	sparōs
Ablative	sparō	sparīs
Vocative	spare	sparī

Synonyms

• (hunting spear): venabulum

Etymology 2

sparus (gilt-head bream)

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Noun

sparus m (genitive sparī); second declension

1. gilt-head bream; a kind of fish

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sparus	sparī
Genitive	sparī	sparōrum
Dative	sparō	sparīs
Accusative	sparum	sparōs
Ablative	sparō	sparīs
Vocative	spare	sparī

Derived terms

• sparulus

Descendants

• → Albanian: shpalcë, shparzë
• Translingual: Sparus

References

• “sparus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sparus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sparus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sparus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian

Noun

sparus m

1. accusative plural of spars