spurius

See also: Spurius

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

  1. of illegitimate birth but unknown father
  2. false, spurious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative spurius spuria spurium spuriī spuriae spuria
Genitive spuriī spuriae spuriī spuriōrum spuriārum spuriōrum
Dative spuriō spuriō spuriīs
Accusative spurium spuriam spurium spuriōs spuriās spuria
Ablative spuriō spuriā spuriō spuriīs
Vocative spurie spuria spurium spuriī spuriae spuria

Descendants
  • → Catalan: espuri
  • → English: spurious
  • → Italian: spurio
  • → Portuguese: espúrio
  • Romanian: șpur, spuriu
  • → Spanish: espurio

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
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