English → Latin
“dung” in Latin
stercusdung, excrement, ordurefaciōto do (particularly as a specific instance or occasion of doing); to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect; to mlaetificōto delight, cheer, gladden; to give joy; to make fruitful; to fertilize, enrichstercorātiōdefecation (by an animal); mucking out
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dung
stercus (of persons and animals): fimus (any kind oj manure, as fimus siccus; i. e., ashes; [Vid: Schneider, Col., 3, 11, 4). Mouse dung, muscerda (Varr., ); murinum fimum (Plin.): sterquilinium, fimetum (a dung-hill): belonging to dung, stercorarius: full of dung, stercorosus: to manure with dung, stercorare: to manure sufficiently with dung, stercore satiare.
dung v.
TRANS. agrum stercorare: laetificare (Cic.); to dung sufficiently, stercore satiare (Col.); solum pingui fimo saturare (Verg.). The act of dunging, stercoratio (Col.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dung?
- The usual Latin words for “dung” are stercus, faciō, laetificō; also stercorātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.