Noun: stercus
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Declension: Third
Nominative
| Singular | stercus |
| Plural | stercora |
Genitive
| Singular | stercoris |
| Plural | stercorum |
Dative
| Singular | stercorī |
| Plural | stercoribus |
Accusative
| Singular | stercus |
| Plural | stercora |
Ablative
| Singular | stercore |
| Plural | stercoribus |
Vocative
| Singular | stercus |
| Plural | stercora |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like stercus
alticorpus,
decus,
fēnus,
nemus,
tegus,
tenus,
lītus,
dēdecus,
faenus,
foenus,
frīgus,
littus,
facinus,
corpus,
tergus,
tempus,
pectus,
pignus,
stercus,
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)terǵ-, *(s)terḱ-, *(s)treḱ- (“manure, dung; to sully, soil, decay”), with similar words across Indo-European branches, albeit with various phonetic difficulties. Compare Welsh troeth (“urine”), Hittite [script needed] (ištar(k)-, “to ail, afflict”), Lithuanian ter̃šti (“to soil”), as well as Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz (“dirt”).
Verbs referencing "stercus"
English Nouns
dreck, Dutch Nouns
drek, Italian Nouns
sterco, English Nouns
stercobilin, English Nouns
stercoroma, Galician Nouns
esterco, Portuguese Nouns
esterco, English Nouns
stercolith.
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