spurcos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →spurcus, spurca, spurcum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
dirty, foul; morally polluted;
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...uidendus. transeo suppositos et gaudia uotaque saepe ad spurcos decepta lacus, saepe inde petitos pontifices, salios Scaurorum nomina..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...comes exterior, si postulet, ire recuses.' 'utne tegam spurco Damae latus? haud ita Troiae me gessi, certans semper..."