scarus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin scarus. See scar (“a kind of fish”). === Noun === scarus (plural scari) A parrotfish, a Mediterranean food fish (any of various Scaridae species). === References === “scarus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === scaurs == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek σκάρος (skáros). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈska.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈskaː.rus] === Noun === scarus m (genitive scarī); second declension scar, a kind of fish ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → French: scare Italian: scaro Portuguese: escaro Spanish: escaro → Translingual: Scarus === References === “scarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “scarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “scarus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Old Irish == === Verb === ·scarus first-person singular preterite conjunct of scaraid