Scaurus
E900025
Scaurus is a cognomen borne by members of the ancient Roman patrician gens Aemilia, notably associated with influential politicians of the late Republic.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scaurus canonical | 5 |
| Scaurus (possibly "club-footed" or "bow-legged") | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11007860 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scaurus Context triple: [gens Aemilia, hasCognomen, Scaurus]
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A.
Atraphaxis
Atraphaxis is a genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family, known for its shrubby species adapted to arid and semi-arid regions of Eurasia.
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B.
Malthopsis
Malthopsis is a genus of deep-sea batfishes known for their flattened bodies and modified pectoral fins that allow them to "walk" along the ocean floor.
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C.
Rhoeo
Rhoeo is a figure in Greek mythology known as the lover of Apollo and mother of the hero Anius.
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D.
Garrodia
Garrodia is a genus of small seabirds known as storm petrels within the family Hydrobatidae.
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E.
Chrysogonus
Chrysogonus is an early Christian martyr venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, traditionally associated with Rome and commemorated in the Roman Canon of the Mass.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scaurus Target entity description: Scaurus is a cognomen borne by members of the ancient Roman patrician gens Aemilia, notably associated with influential politicians of the late Republic.
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A.
Atraphaxis
Atraphaxis is a genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family, known for its shrubby species adapted to arid and semi-arid regions of Eurasia.
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B.
Malthopsis
Malthopsis is a genus of deep-sea batfishes known for their flattened bodies and modified pectoral fins that allow them to "walk" along the ocean floor.
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C.
Rhoeo
Rhoeo is a figure in Greek mythology known as the lover of Apollo and mother of the hero Anius.
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D.
Garrodia
Garrodia is a genus of small seabirds known as storm petrels within the family Hydrobatidae.
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E.
Chrysogonus
Chrysogonus is an early Christian martyr venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, traditionally associated with Rome and commemorated in the Roman Canon of the Mass.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ancient Roman cognomen ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Roman senatorial aristocracy
ⓘ
ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| belongsToOnomasticTradition |
Roman onomastics
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancient Roman nomina
|
| category | Ancient Roman cognomina ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Roman aristocratic nomenclature ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Latin adjective "scaurus" meaning "club-footed" or "with swollen ankles" ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | masculine name ⓘ |
| hasFeminineForm | Scaura ⓘ |
| hasVariantForm | Scauri (plural) ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late Roman Republic ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Latin ⓘ |
| nameType | cognomen ⓘ |
| notableBearerRole |
Roman consul
ⓘ
Roman praetor ⓘ Roman princeps senatus ⓘ |
| notablyBorneBy |
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
ⓘ
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus (praetor 56 BC) ⓘ
linked to:
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
|
| partOf | Roman naming conventions ⓘ |
| regionOfUse |
Italian peninsula
ⓘ
linked to:
Italian Peninsula
|
| semanticType | descriptive cognomen ⓘ |
| timeInUse |
1st century BC
ⓘ
2nd century BC ⓘ |
| usedAs | third element of Roman tria nomina ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Aemilii Scauri
ⓘ
gens Aemilia ⓘ members of the Aemilia gens active in Roman politics ⓘ patrician families ⓘ |
| usedIn | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| writtenIn | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Scaurus Description of subject: Scaurus is a cognomen borne by members of the ancient Roman patrician gens Aemilia, notably associated with influential politicians of the late Republic.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Scaurus