spurcos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →spurcus, spurca, spurcum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
dirty, foul; morally polluted;
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
- D
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..." - Q
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..."