spurium
See also: Spurium
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspu.ri.um/, [ˈs̠pʊriʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspu.ri.um/, [ˈspuːrium]
Etymology 1
Unclear, perhaps from a derivation of Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed”) like σποραῖον (sporaîon), but transmitted by Plutarch’s Questions 103 as Sabine, thus guessed from Etruscan, and perhaps natively related to spurcus (“foul”) of a suffix like murcus and to spurius (“bastard”).
Noun
spurium n (genitive spuriī or spurī); second declension (Late Latin, rare)
- pudendum muliebre
- a marine animal of similar shape
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | spurium | spuria |
| Genitive | spuriī spurī1 | spuriōrum |
| Dative | spuriō | spuriīs |
| Accusative | spurium | spuria |
| Ablative | spuriō | spuriīs |
| Vocative | spurium | spuria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Adjective
spurium
- inflection of spurius:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
References
- “spurium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- spurium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “spurium”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 645a