spintria

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek σφιγκτήρ (sphinktḗr, something which binds), referring to the anal sphincter.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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spintria m (genitive spintriae); first declension

  1. male prostitute (known for anal sex)

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative spintria spintriae
Genitive spintriae spintriārum
Dative spintriae spintriīs
Accusative spintriam spintriās
Ablative spintriā spintriīs
Vocative spintria spintriae

Descendants

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  • English: spintrian

References

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  • spintria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • spintria”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • spintria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • spintria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.