sterceia

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Latin

FWOTD – 6 October 2022

Etymology

Perhaps a humorous formation stercus (“dung, manure”) +‎ -ēius (nomen-gentilicium-forming suffix) in Tertullian. Compare to stertēia.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sterˈkeːi̯.a/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sterˈt͡ʃej.a/,

Noun

stercēia f (genitive stercēiae); first declension

a maidservant who cleans the excrement from children
- c. 160 CE, Tertullian, Adversus Valentinianos 8:
  Quārē nōn et stercēiae et syntrophī nōminantur?
  Why are excrement maids or childhood companions not also named?

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	stercēia	stercēiae
genitive	stercēiae	stercēiārum
dative	stercēiae	stercēiīs
accusative	stercēiam	stercēiās
ablative	stercēiā	stercēiīs
vocative	stercēia	stercēiae

References

“sterceia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
sterceia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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