English

Proper noun

Scipio

1. A male given name of mostly historical use.

Latin

Etymology

From Latin scīpiō ‎(“a staff, a walking stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *skap-. Cognate with Latin scamnum, scāpus, scōpa, scopiō, cippus, Ancient Greek σκήπτω ‎(skḗptō), English shaft.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskiː.pi.oː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.pi.o/, [ˈʃiː.pi.o]

Proper noun

Scīpiō m ‎(genitive Scīpiōnis); third declension

1. A Roman cognomen, usually referring to Scipio Africanus and his close relatives.

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• English: Scipio
• Greek: Σκιπίων f ‎(Skipíon)
• Italian: Scipione
• Translingual: Scipionyx

References

• Scipio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Scipio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.