noun · neutersecond declension
spurium
spurium n (genitive spuriī or spurī)
Classical[ˈspʊ.ri.ũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈspuː.ri.um]
Meaning
- Late Latinneuterrarepudendum muliebre
- Late Latinneuterrarea marine animal of similar shape
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | spurium | spuria |
| genitive | spuriī spurī | spuriōrum |
| dative | spuriō | spuriīs |
| accusative | spurium | spuria |
| ablative | spuriō | spuriīs |
| vocative | spurium | spuria |
spŭrĭum, ii, n. σπορά, generation.
I. = pudendum muliebre, acc. to Isid. Orig. 9, 5, 24; cf. Plut. Quaest. Rom. 103.—
II. Transf., a marine animal of a similar shape, App. Mag. p. 297, 11.
Origins
Unclear, perhaps from a derivation of Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed”) like σποραῖον (sporaîon), but transmitted by Plutarch’s Questions 103 as Sabine, thus guessed from Etruscan, and perhaps natively related to spurcus (“foul”) of a suffix like murcus and to spurius (“bastard”).