Spurius

See also: spurius

Translingual

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Spurius ?

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Passalidae – certain beetles.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Coleoptera - order; Polyphaga - suborder; Scarabaeiformia - infraorder; Scarabaeoidea - superfamily; Passalidae - family; Passalinae - subfamily; Proculini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus):

References

• Spurius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Spurius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Spurius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Alternative forms

• Sp. (praenominal abbreviation)

Etymology

From spurius (“of illegitimate birth”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspu.ri.us/, [ˈs̠pʊriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspu.ri.us/, [ˈspuːrius]

Proper noun

Spurius m (genitive Spuriī or Spurī); second declension

1. A masculine praenomen.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Spurius	Spuriī
Genitive	Spuriī Spurī1	Spuriōrum
Dative	Spuriō	Spuriīs
Accusative	Spurium	Spuriōs
Ablative	Spuriō	Spuriīs
Vocative	Spurī	Spuriī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “Spŭrĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Spurĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,471/3.