Spartacus

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

Thracian name

Arabic: سبارتاكوس‎ Armenian: Սպարտակ (Spartak) Asturian: Espartacu m Azerbaijani: Spartak Basque: Espartako Belarusian: Спартак m (Spartak) Bulgarian: Спартак m (Spartak) Catalan: Espàrtac (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 斯巴達克斯／斯巴达克斯 (Sībādákèsī) Czech: Spartakus m Danish: Spartacus Dutch: Spartacus Esperanto: Spartako Estonian: Spartacus Finnish: Spartacus French: Spartacus (fr) m Galician: Espartaco m Georgian: სპარტაკი (sṗarṭaḳi) German: Spartacus m Greek: Σπάρτακος (el) m (Spártakos) Ancient: Σπάρτακος (Spártakos) Hebrew: ספרטקוס‎ (spartakus) Hindi: स्पार्टाकस (spārṭākas) Hungarian: Spartacus Icelandic: Spartacus Irish: Spartachas m Italian: Spartaco (it) m Japanese: スパルタクス (Suparutakusu) Kannada: ಸ್ಪಾರ್ಟಕಸ್ (spārṭakas) Kazakh: Спартак (Spartak) Korean: 스파르타쿠스 (seupareutakuseu) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Spartacus Latin: Spartacus m Latvian: Spartaks m Lithuanian: Spartakas m Malagasy: Spartacus Malay: Spartacus, Spartakus Indonesian: Spartakus Malayalam: സ്പാർട്ടക്കസ് (spāṟṭṭakkasŭ) Norwegian: Spartacus Occitan: Espartac m Persian: اسپارتاکوس‎ (fa) Polish: Spartakus m Portuguese: Espártaco m Punjabi: ਸਪਾਰਟਾਕਸ (sapārṭākas) Romanian: Spartacus m Russian: Спарта́к (ru) m (Sparták) Serbo-Croatian: Spartak m Sinhalese: ස්පාර්ටකස් (spārṭakas) Slovak: Spartakus m Spanish: Espartaco m Swedish: Spartacus Tagalog: Spartacus Tamil: ஸ்பாட்டகஸ் (spāṭṭakas) Telugu: స్పార్టకస్ (spārṭakas) Thai: สปาร์ตากุส Turkish: Spartaküs Ukrainian: Спарта́к (uk) m (Sparták) Uzbek: Spartak Welsh: Spartacus m West Frisian: Spartakus

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ta.kus/, [ˈs̠pärt̪äkʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ta.kus/, [ˈspärt̪äkus]

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.

Case	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, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, pages 136-137