Latin

Alternative forms

• Sp. (praenominal abbreviation)

Proper noun

Spurius m ‎(genitive Spuriī or Spurī); second declension

1. A masculine praenomen.

Declension

Second declension.

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

References

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

Latin

Adjective

spurius m ‎(feminine spuria, neuter spurium); first/second declension

1. of illegitimate birth
2. false, spurious

Declension

First/second declension.

Descendants

• English: spurious
• Italian: spurio
• Romanian: șpur
• Spanish: espurio

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “spurius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• spurius in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray