LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

stercorārius

stercorārius (feminine stercorāria, neuter stercorārium)
Classical[stɛr.kɔˈraː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ster.koˈraː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverelated to dung

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativestercorāriusstercorāriastercorārium
genitivestercorāriīstercorāriaestercorāriī
dativestercorāriōstercorāriaestercorāriō
accusativestercorāriumstercorāriamstercorārium
ablativestercorāriōstercorāriāstercorāriō
vocativestercorāriestercorāriastercorārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativestercorāriīstercorāriaestercorāria
genitivestercorāriōrumstercorāriārumstercorāriōrum
dativestercorāriīsstercorāriīsstercorāriīs
accusativestercorāriōsstercorāriāsstercorāria
ablativestercorāriīsstercorāriīsstercorāriīs
vocativestercorāriīstercorāriaestercorāria

stercŏrārĭus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. of or belonging to dung: crates, Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 3: porta, a gate in the temple of Vesta (v. stercus), Fest. p. 344 Müll.; cf. Bunsen's Rome, 3, p. 12.

Origins

From stercus (“dung”) + -ārius.

Borrowings
  • Catalanestercorari
  • Italianstercorario
  • Portugueseestercorário
Italo-Romance
  • Italianstercoraio
  • Italianstercoraro
Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishestercolero
  • Galicianesterqueiro

Quick answers

What does stercorārius mean in Latin?
stercorārius, a adjective, means “related to dung”.
How do you pronounce stercorārius?
In classical Latin, [stɛr.kɔˈraː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ster.koˈraː.ri.us].