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Webster 1913 Edition

Scarus

‖

Sca′rus

,
Noun.
[L. See
Scar
a kind of fish.]
(Zool.)
A Mediterranean food fish (
Sparisoma scarus
) of excellent quality and highly valued by the Romans; – called also
parrot fish
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Scarus

SCA'RUS

,
Noun.
A fish. [See Scar.]

Definition 2024

scarus

scarus

English

Noun

scarus ‎(plural scari)

  1. A Mediterranean food fish (Sparisoma scarus); parrotfish.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκάρος ‎(skáros).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈska.rus/, [ˈska.rʊs]

Noun

scarus m ‎(genitive scarī); second declension

  1. scar, a kind of fish

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative scarus scarī
genitive scarī scarōrum
dative scarō scarīs
accusative scarum scarōs
ablative scarō scarīs
vocative scare scarī

References

Old Irish

Verb

·scarus

  1. first-person singular preterite conjunct of scaraid

Etymology

Latin . See scar ‎(“a kind of fish”).

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