spurcamen
Latin
Etymology
From spurcō (“to make dirty, befoul, defile”) + -men (neuter noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [soːˈɫaː.mɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [soˈlaː.men]
Noun
spurcāmen n (genitive spurcāminis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | spurcāmen | spurcāmina |
| genitive | spurcāminis | spurcāminum |
| dative | spurcāminī | spurcāminibus |
| accusative | spurcāmen | spurcāmina |
| ablative | spurcāmine | spurcāminibus |
| vocative | spurcāmen | spurcāmina |
References
- “spurcamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- spurcamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.