spurius
See also: Spurius
Latin
Etymology
Probably from the Etruscan 𐌔𐌓𐌖𐌓𐌀𐌋 (srural, “public”), but confer with Latin spernō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈspu.ri.us/, [ˈs̠pʊriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspu.ri.us/, [ˈspuːrius]
Adjective
spurius (feminine spuria, neuter spurium); first/second-declension adjective
- of illegitimate birth
- false, spurious
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | spurius | spuria | spurium | spuriī | spuriae | spuria | |
Genitive | spuriī | spuriae | spuriī | spuriōrum | spuriārum | spuriōrum | |
Dative | spuriō | spuriō | spuriīs | ||||
Accusative | spurium | spuriam | spurium | spuriōs | spuriās | spuria | |
Ablative | spuriō | spuriā | spuriō | spuriīs | |||
Vocative | spurie | spuria | spurium | spuriī | spuriae | spuria |
Descendants
References
- “spurius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- spurius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- spurius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “spurius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray