Spurius

See also: spurius

Translingual

Proper noun

Spurius

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Passalidae – certain beetles.

Latin

Alternative forms
  • Sp. (praenominal abbreviation)

Etymology

From spurius (“of illegitimate birth”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Spurius m (genitive Spuriī or Spurī); second declension

  1. A masculine praenomen.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Spurius Spuriī
Genitive Spuriī
Spurī1		 Spuriōrum
Dative Spuriō Spuriīs
Accusative Spurium Spuriōs
Ablative Spuriō Spuriīs
Vocative Spurī Spuriī

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

References
  • “Spŭrĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Spurĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,471/3
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