stercus

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)terǵ-, *(s)terḱ-, *(s)treḱ- (“manure, dung; to sully, soil, decay”); cognate with Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

stercus n (genitive stercoris); third declension

  1. dung, excrement, ordure
    Synonyms: fimum, laetāmen

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative stercus stercora
Genitive stercoris stercorum
Dative stercorī stercoribus
Accusative stercus stercora
Ablative stercore stercoribus
Vocative stercus stercora

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Galician: esterco
  • Italian: sterco
  • Portuguese: esterco
  • Romanian: șterc
  • Spanish: estiércol

References

  • “stercus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “stercus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • stercus 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)
  • stercus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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