spurcamen

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From spurcō (to make dirty, befoul, defile) +‎ -men (neuter noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

spurcāmen n (genitive spurcāminis); third declension

  1. dirt, filth

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative spurcāmen spurcāmina
Genitive spurcāminis spurcāminum
Dative spurcāminī spurcāminibus
Accusative spurcāmen spurcāmina
Ablative spurcāmine spurcāminibus
Vocative spurcāmen spurcāmina

References[edit]

  • spurcamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • spurcamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.