spurcitia
From LSJ
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
spurcĭtĭa: ae (nom. collat. form spur-cĭtĭes, Lucr. 6, 977; abl. spurcitie, App. M. 8, p. 214, 33), f. spurcus,
I 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
spurcĭtĭa,¹⁶ æ, f., Col. Rust. 1, 5, 8, et spurcĭtĭēs, ēī, f., Lucr. 6, 977, (spurcus), saleté, ordures, immondices, cf. Varro R. 3, 16, 7 ; Plin. 17, 52 ; Afran. 54 ; 164.
