spintria

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σφιγκτήρ (sphinktḗr, “something which binds”), referring to the anal sphincter.

Pronunciation

Noun

spintria m (genitive spintriae); first declension

  1. male prostitute (known for anal sex)

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative spintria spintriae
genitive spintriae spintriārum
dative spintriae spintriīs
accusative spintriam spintriās
ablative spintriā spintriīs
vocative spintria spintriae

Descendants

  • English: spintrian

References

  • “spintria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “spintria”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "spintria", 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)
  • spintria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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