stercoro

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈster.ko.roː/, [ˈs̠t̪ɛrkɔroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈster.ko.ro/, [ˈst̪ɛrkoro]

Verb

stercorō (present infinitive stercorāre, perfect active stercorāvī, supine stercorātum); first conjugation

1. to dung, to manure
   • 234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura 61:

     Quid est agrum bene colere? Bene arare. Quid secundum? Arare. Quid tertium? Stercorare.

     What is good cultivation? Good ploughing. What next? Ploughing. What third? Manuring.

2. to clear of excrement, to muck out

Conjugation

Conjugation of stercorō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	stercorō	stercorās	stercorat	stercorāmus	stercorātis	stercorant
	imperfect	stercorābam	stercorābās	stercorābat	stercorābāmus	stercorābātis	stercorābant
	future	stercorābō	stercorābis	stercorābit	stercorābimus	stercorābitis	stercorābunt
	perfect	stercorāvī	stercorāvistī	stercorāvit	stercorāvimus	stercorāvistis	stercorāvērunt, stercorāvēre
	pluperfect	stercorāveram	stercorāverās	stercorāverat	stercorāverāmus	stercorāverātis	stercorāverant
	future perfect	stercorāverō	stercorāveris	stercorāverit	stercorāverimus	stercorāveritis	stercorāverint
passive	present	stercoror	stercorāris, stercorāre	stercorātur	stercorāmur	stercorāminī	stercorantur
	imperfect	stercorābar	stercorābāris, stercorābāre	stercorābātur	stercorābāmur	stercorābāminī	stercorābantur
	future	stercorābor	stercorāberis, stercorābere	stercorābitur	stercorābimur	stercorābiminī	stercorābuntur
	perfect	stercorātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	stercorātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	stercorātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	stercorem	stercorēs	stercoret	stercorēmus	stercorētis	stercorent
	imperfect	stercorārem	stercorārēs	stercorāret	stercorārēmus	stercorārētis	stercorārent
	perfect	stercorāverim	stercorāverīs	stercorāverit	stercorāverīmus	stercorāverītis	stercorāverint
	pluperfect	stercorāvissem	stercorāvissēs	stercorāvisset	stercorāvissēmus	stercorāvissētis	stercorāvissent
passive	present	stercorer	stercorēris, stercorēre	stercorētur	stercorēmur	stercorēminī	stercorentur
	imperfect	stercorārer	stercorārēris, stercorārēre	stercorārētur	stercorārēmur	stercorārēminī	stercorārentur
	perfect	stercorātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	stercorātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	stercorā	—	—	stercorāte	—
	future	—	stercorātō	stercorātō	—	stercorātōte	stercorantō
passive	present	—	stercorāre	—	—	stercorāminī	—
	future	—	stercorātor	stercorātor	—	—	stercorantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		stercorāre	stercorāvisse	stercorātūrum esse	stercorārī	stercorātum esse	stercorātum īrī
participles		stercorāns	—	stercorātūrus	—	stercorātus	stercorandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		stercorandī	stercorandō	stercorandum	stercorandō	stercorātum	stercorātū

Descendants

• Galician: estercoar
• Spanish: estercolar

References

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