Spartacus

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin Spartacus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

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[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

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[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Spartacus Spartacī
Genitive Spartacī Spartacōrum
Dative Spartacō Spartacīs
Accusative Spartacum Spartacōs
Ablative Spartacō Spartacīs
Vocative Spartace Spartacī

References[edit]

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