spurcitia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

spurcĭtĭa, ae (nom. collat. form spurcĭtĭes, Lucr. 6, 977; abl. spurcitie, Ap. Met. 8, 28, 13), f. [spurcus], filth, dirt, smut, dung (rare; not in Cic.).

I Lit., Col. 1, 5, 8; 12, 17, 2; Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 69; plur., Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 17: spurcitias suum laudant, Plin. 17, 9, 6, § 52.—

II Trop.: alicujus, Afran. ap. Non. 393, 33: patris, id. ib. 394, 4.