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sordes.

dirt, filth, squalor

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈsɔr.deːs]Classical-Latin[ˈsɔr.des]
  1. dirt, filth, squalor

    declension-3
  2. meanness, stinginess, niggardliness

    declension-3
  3. humiliation

    declension-3 · figuratively
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *swordi- (“dirt”) or *swordo- (“dirty”) + -ēs. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *swartaz (“black”), which could also go back to *sword-; within Latin, suāsum (“dirty gray color”) could be from the same root, but this relationship is not certain since it is phonetically problematic.

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