spurius

spŭrĭus, i, m. [root spar-; cf. σπείρω, σπορά, and sperno], adj.

• Lit., of illegitimate birth; subst., an illegitimate or spurious child, a bastard (only post-class.; esp. among jurists): si quis nefarias atque incestas nuptias contraxerit, neque uxorem habere videtur neque liberos. Hi enim, qui ex eo coitu nascuntur, matrem quidem habere videntur, patrem vero non utique, etc. ... Unde solent spurii filii appeliari, vel a Graecā voce, quasi σποράδην concepti vel quasi sine patre filii, Gai. Inst. 1, 64; cf. Dig. 1, 5, 23; ib. 49, 15, 26; Cod. Just. 1, 10, 12; 6, 55, 6; Ap. Met. 6, 9, 24.—Thus the Parthenians (v. Partheniae) were also called Spurii, acc. to Just. 20, 1, 15.—
• II Trop., false, spurious: versus (in Homeri carminibus), Aus. Ep. 18 fin.: vates, id. ap. Sept. Sap. 13 prooem.

spurius, a, um, I) als n. appellat., von einem unbekannten Vater mit einer gemeinen Buhldirne erzeugt, unehelich, subst., das uneheliche Kind, das Hurenkind, griech. πορνογενής (hingegen nothus von einem bekannten Vater mit einer Beischläferin gezeugt, Bastard, Kebskind, griech. νόθος), Gaius inst. 1, 64. Modest. dig. 1, 5, 23 u.a. ICt. Iustin. 20, 1, 15. Apul. met. 6, 9. – bildl., unecht, versus, Auson. epist. 18, 30. p. 179 Schenkl: vates, schlechter, Auson. lud. sept. sap. 13 zw. – II) als nom. propr., Spurius, ein röm. Vorname, abgek. Sp., wie Sp. Aelius.

spurius [CL] 1 illegitimate, born out of wedlock; b (having an unknown father); c (in fig. context). ~ius, meretricius GlC S 463; quid ~iis ‥ quid nothis, et illegitime natis cum hereditate commune Gir. JS sup. 145; diversis ex matribus tres ~ios fuderat W. Newb. HA V 11; s1402 frater regis ‥ ~ius Ad. Usk 84; hic spirius, a basterde WW; 1533 Johannem Brown legittimum non bastardum nec ~eum Offic. S. Andr. 45.  b spurius incerto ‥ genitore creatus Aldh. Aen. 28 (Minotaurus) 4; ~ius, incerto patre GlC S 462.  c vostra ‥ filiacio ‥ ut sponse nostre ecclesie ~ius nequaquam uterinus Dictamen 341. 2 (as sb.) one whose parents are not of equal status, one who is partly of humble status: a (having noble father); b (having noble mother). a hic ~ius ‥ i. ille qui nascitur ex ignobili matre et nobili patre Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 537; ~ius, i. nobilis ex patre, qui etiam mechus et nothus dicitur Ib. 623.  b ~ius est qui patre ignobili sed nobili est matre generatus Bede Sam. 611D; a bastarde ‥ nothus ex nobili patre, ~ius ex nobile [sic] matre ‥ et dicunt[ur] ~ii quasi extra puritatem geniti; tales plerumque matrem pocius quam patrem moribus sequu[n]tur CathA. 3 (w. vitulamen or sim., esp. w. ref. to Sap. iv 3) shoot that springs up of its own accord from base of plant, characterized by shallow roots, sterility, and degeneracy. invenimus etiam spurius †mobile [l. inobile, i. e. ignobile] unde in libro Sapientie ~ia vitulamina dicuntur et degenerantia et non naturalia Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 537; de stirpe noxia ‥ nonnulla quasi ~ia vitulamina male excrescant H. Bos. Thom. III 29; [incauti putatores] ‥ persepe magis fructuosa et plus necessaria resecant, dum putant se arida vel ~ia tanquam superflua resecasse Ib. VII 2; de radicibus venenosis ~ia vitulamina pullulabant. de semine Canaan progrediebatur generatio prava P. Blois Ep. 152. 445A; spinas, vitulamina ~ia [gl.: verges bastars] Neckam Ut. 111; vitulamen ‥ dicitur illa planta ‥ ~ia et infructuosa que nascitur a radice vitis Bart. Angl. XVII 179. 4 that is not genuine (w. impl. of weakness, deficiency, or impurity). etiam si [he consuetudines scripte] fuissent, ne de antiquitate ‥ potius quam de jure niteretur, rex, in illis ~iis statutis firmandis, attendere debuisset quia Dominus dicit “leges meas custodite” W. Fitzst. Thom. 35; hec ‥ ~ia et degenerans amicitia quam ‥ libido contaminat P. Blois Opusc. 877B. 5 ? f. l. 1322 omnis putredo et ~ia [? l. spurcitia] in ea collecta, fuit in panes posita et pistata (Assisa Panis) MGL III 415.

1 spŭrĭus, a, um, bâtard, illégitime, naturel : Cod. Just. 1, 10, 12 || faux, supposé : Aus. Ep. 18, 30.

spurius , a, um. adj.
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