Lewis & Short

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scărus (scārus, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299), i, m., = σκάρος, scar, a kind of seafish much esteemed by the Romans; acc. to some, a species of wrasse: Labrus scarus, Linn.; Plin. 9, 17, 29, § 62; Ov. Hal. 9; 119; Col. 8, 16, 1 and 9; Enn. l. l.; Hor. S. 2, 2, 22; id. Epod. 2, 50; Mart. 13, 84; Fest. s. v. pollucere, p. 253: scarorum jocinora, Suet. Vit. 13.