spurcus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

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

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative spurcus spurca spurcum spurcī spurcae spurca
genitive spurcī spurcae spurcī spurcōrum spurcārum spurcōrum
dative spurcō spurcō spurcīs
accusative spurcum spurcam spurcum spurcōs spurcās spurca
ablative spurcō spurcā spurcō spurcīs
vocative spurce spurca spurcum spurcī spurcae spurca

Derived terms

Descendants

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

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
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