spurco

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

spurco, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [spurcus], to make filthy, to befoul, defile (rare; syn.: polluo, contamino).

I Lit.: si quis fimo aliquem pertuderit, luto oblinierit, aquā spurcaverit, Dig. 47, 11, 1: vinum, ib. 9, 2, 27: ex istoc loco spurcatur nasum odore inlutili, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 57.—*

II Trop.: senectus Spurcata impuris moribus, Cat. 108, 2.— P. a. : spurcātus , a, um, sup. : helluo spurcatissimus, most foul , Cic. Dom. 10, 25 B. and K.

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