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Latin
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to scatter”) or from *sperH- (whence spernō).
Others refer it to Etruscan 𐌔𐤂𐌖𐌓𐌀𐌋 (spural, “public”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
spurius (feminine spuria, neuter spurium); first/second-declension adjective
- of illegitimate birth but unknown father
- false, spurious
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
See also
- nothus (illegitimate, but known father)
References
- “spurius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- spurius 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)
- spurius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “spurius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray