spurco

Latin

Etymology

From spurcus (“dirty”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈspur.koː/, [ˈs̠pʊrkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspur.ko/, [ˈspurko]

Verb

spurcō (present infinitive spurcāre, perfect active spurcāvī, supine spurcātum); first conjugation

1. to soil, infect
2. to deprave

Conjugation

   Conjugation of spurcō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	spurcō		spurcās		spurcat		spurcāmus		spurcātis		spurcant
	imperfect	spurcābam		spurcābās		spurcābat		spurcābāmus		spurcābātis		spurcābant
	future	spurcābō		spurcābis		spurcābit		spurcābimus		spurcābitis		spurcābunt
	perfect	spurcāvī		spurcāvistī		spurcāvit		spurcāvimus		spurcāvistis		spurcāvēre, spurcāvērunt
	pluperfect	spurcāveram		spurcāverās		spurcāverat		spurcāverāmus		spurcāverātis		spurcāverant
	future perfect	spurcāverō		spurcāveris		spurcāverit		spurcāverimus		spurcāveritis		spurcāverint
passive	present	spurcor		spurcāre, spurcāris		spurcātur		spurcāmur		spurcāminī		spurcantur
	imperfect	spurcābar		spurcābāre, spurcābāris		spurcābātur		spurcābāmur		spurcābāminī		spurcābantur
	future	spurcābor		spurcābere, spurcāberis		spurcābitur		spurcābimur		spurcābiminī		spurcābuntur
	perfect	spurcātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	spurcātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	spurcātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	spurcem		spurcēs		spurcet		spurcēmus		spurcētis		spurcent
	imperfect	spurcārem		spurcārēs		spurcāret		spurcārēmus		spurcārētis		spurcārent
	perfect	spurcāverim		spurcāverīs		spurcāverit		spurcāverīmus		spurcāverītis		spurcāverint
	pluperfect	spurcāvissem		spurcāvissēs		spurcāvisset		spurcāvissēmus		spurcāvissētis		spurcāvissent
passive	present	spurcer		spurcēre, spurcēris		spurcētur		spurcēmur		spurcēminī		spurcentur
	imperfect	spurcārer		spurcārēre, spurcārēris		spurcārētur		spurcārēmur		spurcārēminī		spurcārentur
	perfect	spurcātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	spurcātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		spurcā		—		—		spurcāte		—
	future	—		spurcātō		spurcātō		—		spurcātōte		spurcantō
passive	present	—		spurcāre		—		—		spurcāminī		—
	future	—		spurcātor		spurcātor		—		—		spurcantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		spurcāre			spurcārī			spurcāns			—
future		spurcātūrum esse			spurcātum īrī			spurcātūrus			spurcandus
perfect		spurcāvisse			spurcātum esse			—			spurcātus
future perfect		—			spurcātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		spurcātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		spurcandī		spurcandō		spurcandum		spurcandō		spurcātum		spurcātū

Descendants

• Friulian: sporcjâ
• Italian: sporcare
• Megleno-Romanian: spurc
• Romanian: spurca, spurcare
• Sicilian: spurcari
• Venetan: sporcar, isporcar

References

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

Anagrams

• corpus, porcus, procus