"spurius" meaning in Latin

See spurius in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈspʊ.ri.ʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈspuː.ri.us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to scatter”) or from *sperH- (whence spernō). Others refer it to Etruscan 𐌔𐤂𐌖𐌓𐌀𐌋 (spural, “public”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*sper-||to scatter}} Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to scatter”), {{der|la|ett|𐌔𐤂𐌖𐌓𐌀𐌋|t=public|tr=spural}} Etruscan 𐌔𐤂𐌖𐌓𐌀𐌋 (spural, “public”) Head templates: {{la-adj|spurius}} spurius (feminine spuria, neuter spurium); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|spurius}} Forms: spuria [feminine], spurium [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], spurius [masculine, nominative, singular], spuria [feminine, nominative, singular], spurium [neuter, nominative, singular], spuriī [masculine, nominative, plural], spuriae [feminine, nominative, plural], spuria [neuter, nominative, plural], spuriī [genitive, masculine, singular], spuriae [feminine, genitive, singular], spuriī [genitive, neuter, singular], spuriōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], spuriārum [feminine, genitive, plural], spuriōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], spuriō [dative, masculine, singular], spuriae [dative, feminine, singular], spuriō [dative, neuter, singular], spuriīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], spurium [accusative, masculine, singular], spuriam [accusative, feminine, singular], spurium [accusative, neuter, singular], spuriōs [accusative, masculine, plural], spuriās [accusative, feminine, plural], spuria [accusative, neuter, plural], spuriō [ablative, masculine, singular], spuriā [ablative, feminine, singular], spuriō [ablative, neuter, singular], spuriīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], spurie [masculine, singular, vocative], spuria [feminine, singular, vocative], spurium [neuter, singular, vocative], spuriī [masculine, plural, vocative], spuriae [feminine, plural, vocative], spuria [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. of illegitimate birth but unknown father Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-spurius-la-adj-LBq9Hefm Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
  2. false, spurious Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-spurius-la-adj-OmpCyYtf Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: nothus (english: illegitimate, but known father)

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "espuri"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "spurious"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "spurio"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "espúrio"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "șpur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "spuriu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "espurio"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sper-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to scatter"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to scatter”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ett",
        "3": "𐌔𐤂𐌖𐌓𐌀𐌋",
        "t": "public",
        "tr": "spural"
      },
      "expansion": "Etruscan 𐌔𐤂𐌖𐌓𐌀𐌋 (spural, “public”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to scatter”) or from *sperH- (whence spernō).\nOthers refer it to Etruscan 𐌔𐤂𐌖𐌓𐌀𐌋 (spural, “public”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spuria",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spurium",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spurius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spurium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spurium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spurium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spurie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spurium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spurius"
      },
      "expansion": "spurius (feminine spuria, neuter spurium); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spurius"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "illegitimate, but known father",
      "translation": "illegitimate, but known father",
      "word": "nothus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of illegitimate birth but unknown father"
      ],
      "id": "en-spurius-la-adj-LBq9Hefm",
      "links": [
        [
          "illegitimate",
          "illegitimate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "false, spurious"
      ],
      "id": "en-spurius-la-adj-OmpCyYtf",
      "links": [
        [
          "false",
          "false"
        ],
        [
          "spurious",
          "spurious"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspʊ.ri.ʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspuː.ri.us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spurius"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin terms derived from Etruscan",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "espuri"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "spurious"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "spurio"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "espúrio"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "șpur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "spuriu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "espurio"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sper-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to scatter"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to scatter”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ett",
        "3": "𐌔𐤂𐌖𐌓𐌀𐌋",
        "t": "public",
        "tr": "spural"
      },
      "expansion": "Etruscan 𐌔𐤂𐌖𐌓𐌀𐌋 (spural, “public”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to scatter”) or from *sperH- (whence spernō).\nOthers refer it to Etruscan 𐌔𐤂𐌖𐌓𐌀𐌋 (spural, “public”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spuria",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spurium",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spurius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spurium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spurium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spurium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spurie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spurium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuriae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spuria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spurius"
      },
      "expansion": "spurius (feminine spuria, neuter spurium); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spurius"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "illegitimate, but known father",
      "translation": "illegitimate, but known father",
      "word": "nothus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "of illegitimate birth but unknown father"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "illegitimate",
          "illegitimate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "false, spurious"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "false",
          "false"
        ],
        [
          "spurious",
          "spurious"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspʊ.ri.ʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspuː.ri.us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spurius"
}

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