Stercus, stercoris, pen. cor. n. gen. Colum. Dung: Mucke:compasse: ordure.Canino stercore fœda atria.Iuuen.Berayed with dogges dung.Tetrum stercus. Lucret. Color fucatus stercore crocodili, Horat.Auferre stercus ab ianua.Plaut.Stercore saturare agrum. Colum. To dung ground abouttdantly.Stercore satiatum solum. Colum. Well dunged.Ingerere stercus vitibus. Colum. To dung vines.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
stercus, ŏris, n. [Gr. skw/r; gen.skato/s, dung; Sanscr. cakrt = sakart]. I.Lit., dung, excrements, ordure (syn.: fimus, merda), Varr. R. R. 1, 38; Col. 2, 15; Cato, R. R. 29; 37; Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57; Hor. Epod. 12, 11 al.; Fest. p. 344 Müll.; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, 32 ib., and Fest. s. v. Quando stercus, pp. 258 and 259 ib.; Juv. 14, 64.—Prov.: aurum in stercore quaerere, Cassiod. Inst. Div. Lit. 1, p. 510.—b. As a term of abuse: nolo stercus curiae dici Glauciam, Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 164.—II.Transf.: ferri, i. e.
