spintria

Latin

Alternative forms

• sphintria

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σφιγκτήρ (sphinktḗr, “something which binds”), referring to the anal sphincter.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈspɪn.tri.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈspin.tri.a]

Noun

spintria m (genitive spintriae); first declension

1. A male prostitute (known for anal sex)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	spintria	spintriae
genitive	spintriae	spintriārum
dative	spintriae	spintriīs
accusative	spintriam	spintriās
ablative	spintriā	spintriīs
vocative	spintria	spintriae

Descendants

• English: spintrian

References

• “spintria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “spintria”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "spintria", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)