spurcus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sperH-. Confer with Latin spurius, parcus, spargō, spernō, Ancient Greek σπείρω (speírō), English spurn, spread, spare.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspur.kus/

Adjective

spurcus (feminine spurca, neuter spurcum); first/second declension

dirty, foul, unclean
(figuratively) morally-polluted, base, mean

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	spurcus	spurca	spurcum	spurcī	spurcae	spurca
Genitive	spurcī	spurcae	spurcī	spurcōrum	spurcārum	spurcōrum
Dative	spurcō	spurcae	spurcō	spurcīs	spurcīs	spurcīs
Accusative	spurcum	spurcam	spurcum	spurcōs	spurcās	spurca
Ablative	spurcō	spurcā	spurcō	spurcīs	spurcīs	spurcīs
Vocative	spurce	spurca	spurcum	spurcī	spurcae	spurca

Derived terms

spurcē
spurcidicus
spurcificus

spurciloquium
spurcitia
spurcō

Related terms

spurcāmen
spurcātus

Descendants

Friulian: sporc
Greek: σπόρκος (spórkos)
Italian: sporco
Portuguese: espurco

Romanian: spurc
Sicilian: sporcu
Venetian: spórco

References

spurcus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
spurcus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
spurcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette