What does scazōn mean in Latin?

scazōn, a noun, means “scazon (an iambic trimeter, with a spondee or trochee in the last foot)”.

What is the genitive of scazōn?

The genitive singular is scazontis. scazōn is masculine, third declension.

In classical Latin, [ˈskaz.zoːn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈskad.d͡zon].

noun · masculinethird declension

scazōn m (genitive scazontis or scazontos)

Classical[ˈskaz.zoːn]Ecclesiastical[ˈskad.d͡zon]

scazon (an iambic trimeter, with a spondee or trochee in the last foot)
Si non molestum est teque non piget, scazon, // Nostro rogamus pauca verba Materno // Dicas in aurem sic ut audiat solus.AD 86–103, Marcus Valerius Martialis, Epigrammaton, book I, epigram xcvi, lines 1–3
Apollinarem conveni meum, Scazon.ibidem, book VII, epigram xxvi, line 1 and 10 (identical)

scāzon, ontis, m., = σκάζων (limping),

I. an iambic trimeter, with a spondee or trochee in the last foot, Plin. Ep. 5, 11, 2; cf. Mart. 1, 97, 1; 7, 25, 1.

From the Ancient Greek σκάζων (skázōn, “limping”), the present active participle of σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”).

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