English → Latin
“manure” in Latin
laetāmenmanurestercusdung, excrement, ordurefaciōto do (particularly as a specific instance or occasion of doing); to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect; to mstercorōto dung, to manure; to clear of excrement, to muck out
The English word manure itself goes back to Latin manus, through *manuoperare.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
manure s.
laetamen (any substance which promotes the growth of corn): stercus, fimus (dung).
manure v.
stercorare (transitively): stercorationem facere (intransitively): to manure sufficiently, stercore satiare (transitively): to manure early, tempestivam stercorationem facere (intransitively).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for manure?
- The usual Latin words for “manure” are laetāmen, stercus, faciō; also stercorō. 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.