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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σφιγκτήρ (sphinktḗr, “something which binds”), referring to the anal sphincter.
Pronunciation
Noun
spintria m (genitive spintriae); first declension
- a male prostitute (known for anal sex)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- spintria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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