English → Latin
“excrement” in Latin
excrēmentumrefuse, rubbish; bodily excrementstercusdung, excrement, ordurealvusbelly, bowels, paunch; excrement; flux, diarrhoea; stomach, digestive organs; womb; matrix (of a fruit)liquidusliquid, fluid, flowing; clear, transparent, limpid; without interruption, smooth, fluid, flowingpalliduspale, pallid, wan; that makes or causes a pale condition; musty, moldy, hoary
The English word excrement itself goes back to Latin cernō, through excrēmentum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
excrement
excrementa, plur., (post-Augustan): stercus (of men and beasts); also, alvus (e.g., liquida, pallida, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for excrement?
- The usual Latin words for “excrement” are excrēmentum, stercus, alvus; also liquidus, pallidus. 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.