spurco

Latin

Etymology

From spurcus (“dirty”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspur.koː/, [ˈs̠pʊrkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspur.ko/, [ˈspurko]

Verb

spurcō (present infinitive spurcāre, perfect active spurcāvī, supine spurcātum); first conjugation

1. to soil, infect
2. to deprave

Conjugation

Conjugation of spurcō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	spurcō	spurcās	spurcat	spurcāmus	spurcātis	spurcant
	imperfect	spurcābam	spurcābās	spurcābat	spurcābāmus	spurcābātis	spurcābant
	future	spurcābō	spurcābis	spurcābit	spurcābimus	spurcābitis	spurcābunt
	perfect	spurcāvī	spurcāvistī	spurcāvit	spurcāvimus	spurcāvistis	spurcāvērunt, spurcāvēre
	pluperfect	spurcāveram	spurcāverās	spurcāverat	spurcāverāmus	spurcāverātis	spurcāverant
	future perfect	spurcāverō	spurcāveris	spurcāverit	spurcāverimus	spurcāveritis	spurcāverint
passive	present	spurcor	spurcāris, spurcāre	spurcātur	spurcāmur	spurcāminī	spurcantur
	imperfect	spurcābar	spurcābāris, spurcābāre	spurcābātur	spurcābāmur	spurcābāminī	spurcābantur
	future	spurcābor	spurcāberis, spurcābere	spurcābitur	spurcābimur	spurcābiminī	spurcābuntur
	perfect	spurcātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	spurcātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	spurcātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	spurcem	spurcēs	spurcet	spurcēmus	spurcētis	spurcent
	imperfect	spurcārem	spurcārēs	spurcāret	spurcārēmus	spurcārētis	spurcārent
	perfect	spurcāverim	spurcāverīs	spurcāverit	spurcāverīmus	spurcāverītis	spurcāverint
	pluperfect	spurcāvissem	spurcāvissēs	spurcāvisset	spurcāvissēmus	spurcāvissētis	spurcāvissent
passive	present	spurcer	spurcēris, spurcēre	spurcētur	spurcēmur	spurcēminī	spurcentur
	imperfect	spurcārer	spurcārēris, spurcārēre	spurcārētur	spurcārēmur	spurcārēminī	spurcārentur
	perfect	spurcātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	spurcātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	spurcā	—	—	spurcāte	—
	future	—	spurcātō	spurcātō	—	spurcātōte	spurcantō
passive	present	—	spurcāre	—	—	spurcāminī	—
	future	—	spurcātor	spurcātor	—	—	spurcantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		spurcāre	spurcāvisse	spurcātūrum esse	spurcārī	spurcātum esse	spurcātum īrī
participles		spurcāns	—	spurcātūrus	—	spurcātus	spurcandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		spurcandī	spurcandō	spurcandum	spurcandō	spurcātum	spurcātū

Descendants

• Friulian: sporcjâ
• Italian: sporcare
• Megleno-Romanian: spurc
• Romanian: spurca, spurcare
• Sicilian: spurcari
• Venetian: sporcar, isporcar

References

• “spurco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “spurco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• spurco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Anagrams

• corpus, porcus, procus