spurciloquium

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Latin

Etymology

From spurcus (“dirty”) +‎ loquor (“I speak”) +‎ -ium

Pronunciation

Noun

spurciloquium n (genitive spurciloquiī or spurciloquī); second declension

  1. filthy or smutty language
  2. obscenity

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative spurciloquium spurciloquia
genitive spurciloquiī
spurciloquī1 		spurciloquiōrum
dative spurciloquiō spurciloquiīs
accusative spurciloquium spurciloquia
ablative spurciloquiō spurciloquiīs
vocative spurciloquium spurciloquia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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