spuria

From the Latin spuria, the nominative neuter plural form of spurius, whence spurious; compare trivia.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: spyo͝oəʹrĭə, IPA^(key): /ˈspjʊəɹɪə/

spuria pl (plural only)

1. Spurious things; especially, a counterfeit or forged written work or one of doubtful attribution.
   • 1790, The Gentleman’s Magazine, volume 67, page 292:

     The laſt will and teſtament of Grunnius, a Roman pig, publiſhed among Gruter’s Spuria, betrays not more evident marks of impoſition.

• ala spuria

• “spuria, n. pl.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

• rupias, supari

• IPA^(key): /ˈspu.rja/
• Rhymes: -urja
• Hyphenation: spù‧ria

spuria

1. feminine singular of spurio

• ruspai, spauri, spaurì

• spuria: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspu.ri.a/, [ˈs̠pʊriä]
• spuria: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspu.ri.a/, [ˈspuːriä]
• spuriā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspu.ri.aː/, [ˈs̠pʊriäː]
• spuriā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspu.ri.a/, [ˈspuːriä]

spuria

1. inflection of spurius:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

spuriā

1. ablative feminine singular of spurius