Lewis & Short

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spŭrĭum, ii, n. [σπορά, generation].

  1. I. = pudendum muliebre, acc. to Isid. Orig. 9, 5, 24; cf. Plut. Quaest. Rom. 103.
  2. II. Transf., a marine animal of a similar shape, App. Mag. p. 297, 11.

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

  1. I. 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; App. M. 6, p. 177, 6.
    Thus the Parthenians (v. Partheniae) were also called Spurii, acc. to Just. 20, 1, 15.
  2. II. Trop., false, spurious: versus (in Homeri carminibus), Aus. Ep. 18 fin.: vates, id. ap. Sept. Sap. 13 prooem.