spurcus

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sporkos, from Proto-Indo-European *spr̥ḱós, perhaps from *sper- (“to scatter”) (originally "contaminated", "polluted"). Perhaps related to spargō, spurius, parcus, spernō, Ancient Greek σπείρω (speírō), English spurn, spread, spare. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Adjective

spurcus (feminine spurca, neuter spurcum, comparative spurcior, superlative spurcissimus); first/second-declension adjective

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative spurcus spurca spurcum spurcī spurcae spurca
genitive spurcī spurcae spurcī spurcōrum spurcārum spurcōrum
dative spurcō spurcae spurcō spurcīs
accusative spurcum spurcam spurcum spurcōs spurcās spurca
ablative spurcō spurcā spurcō spurcīs
vocative spurce spurca spurcum spurcī spurcae spurca

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Descendants

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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