scarabaeus

[ skar-uh-bee-uh s ]

/ ˌskær əˈbi əs /

Origin of scarabaeus

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin; compare Greek kárabos kind of beetle

The scarabaeus, or sacred beetle, was the adornment of rings and necklaces; even the men wore necklaces and rings and chains.

Beacon Lights of History, Volume III |John Lord
To the centre is suspended by a small ring a scarabaeus of solid gold inlaid with lapis lazuli.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4 |Various
And as much may be said of the larva of Scarabaeus pentodon, a fellow-boarder of the Oryctes and the Cetonia.

More Hunting Wasps |J. Henri Fabre
The Scarabaeus was the insignium or the 'arms,' of a very distinguished and very rare patrician family.

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe |Edgar Allan Poe

It has been suggested that Baalzebub was the dung-beetle, Scarabaeus pillularius, worshipped in Egypt.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 5 |Various

scarabaeus

/ (ˌskærəˈbiːəs) /

a less common name for scarab