Spurius

See also: spurius

Translingual

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Etymology

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Proper noun

Spurius ?

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

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Coleoptera – order; Polyphaga – suborder; Scarabaeiformia – infraorder; Scarabaeoidea – superfamily; Passalidae – family; Passalinae - subfamily; Proculini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus):

References

• Spurius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Spurius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Spurius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Alternative forms

• Sp., S. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From spurius (“of illegitimate birth”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈspʊ.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈspuː.ri.us]

Proper noun

Spurius m (genitive Spuriī or Spurī); second declension

1. A masculine praenomen.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	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

• “Spurius”, 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.