Sporus

== Latin == === Etymology === Likely from Ancient Greek σπόρος (spóros, “seed; semen”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈspɔ.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈspɔː.rus] === Proper noun === Sporus m sg (genitive Sporī); second declension A eunuch slave of Emperor Nero, whom he married as his empress following the death of his wife, Poppaea Sabina. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === Further reading === “Sporus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Sporus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.