Spartacus

English

Etymology

From Latin Spartacus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈspɑːtəkəs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈspɑːɹtəkəs/

Proper noun

Spartacus

  1. A Thracian name, notably borne by a gladiator who was one of the slave leaders in a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Thracian *Spartakos (“renowned by the spear”) (cf. Ancient Greek Σπαράδοκος (Sparádokos)).[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Spartacus m

  1. a male given name from Thracian: A Thracian name, notably borne by a gladiator who was one of the slave leaders in a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Spartacus Spartacī
genitive Spartacī Spartacōrum
dative Spartacō Spartacīs
accusative Spartacum Spartacōs
ablative Spartacō Spartacīs
vocative Spartace Spartacī

References

  1. ^ Dimitrov, Peter A. (2009) Thracian Language and Greek and Thracian Epigraphy‎[1], Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, pages 136–137
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