LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

stercorō

stercorō (present infinitive stercorāre, perfect active stercorāvī, supine stercorātum)
Classical[ˈstɛr.kɔ.roː]Ecclesiastical[ˈstɛr.ko.ro]
stercorātum acc. supine

Meaning

  1. to dung, to manure
    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.234 BCE – 149 BCE, Marcus Porcius Cato, De agri cultura 61
  2. to clear of excrement, to muck out

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.stercorōstercorābamstercorābōstercorāvīstercorāveramstercorāverō
stercorārō
2nd sg.stercorāsstercorābāsstercorābisstercorāvistī
stercorāstī
stercorāverās
stercorārās
stercorāveris
3rd sg.stercoratstercorābatstercorābitstercorāvitstercorāverat
stercorārat
stercorāverit
stercorārit
1st pl.stercorāmusstercorābāmusstercorābimusstercorāvimusstercorāverāmusstercorāverimus
stercorārimus
2nd pl.stercorātisstercorābātisstercorābitisstercorāvistis
stercorāstis
stercorāverātis
stercorārātis
stercorāveritis
stercorāritis
3rd pl.stercorantstercorābantstercorābuntstercorāvērunt
stercorāvēre, stercorārunt
stercorāverant
stercorārant
stercorāverint
stercorārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.stercoremstercorāremstercorāverim
stercorārim
stercorāvissem
stercorāssem
2nd sg.stercorēsstercorārēsstercorāverīsstercorāvissēs
stercorāssēs
3rd sg.stercoretstercorāretstercorāverit
stercorārit
stercorāvisset
stercorāsset
1st pl.stercorēmusstercorārēmusstercorāverīmus
stercorārīmus
stercorāvissēmus
stercorāssēmus
2nd pl.stercorētisstercorārētisstercorāverītis
stercorārītis
stercorāvissētis
stercorāssētis
3rd pl.stercorentstercorārentstercorāverint
stercorārint
stercorāvissent
stercorāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.stercororstercorābarstercorābor
2nd sg.stercorāris
stercorāre
stercorābāris
stercorābāre
stercorāberis
stercorābere
3rd sg.stercorāturstercorābāturstercorābitur
1st pl.stercorāmurstercorābāmurstercorābimur
2nd pl.stercorāminīstercorābāminīstercorābiminī
3rd pl.stercoranturstercorābanturstercorābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.stercorerstercorārer
2nd sg.stercorēris
stercorēre
stercorārēris
stercorārēre
3rd sg.stercorēturstercorārētur
1st pl.stercorēmurstercorārēmur
2nd pl.stercorēminīstercorārēminī
3rd pl.stercorenturstercorārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.stercorāstercorāre
pres. 2nd pl.stercorātestercorāminī
fut. 2nd sg.stercorātōstercorātor
fut. 3rd sg.stercorātōstercorātor
fut. 2nd pl.stercorātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.stercorantōstercorantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivestercorārestercorārī
perfect infinitivestercorāvisse
stercorāsse
stercorātum esse
future infinitivestercorātūrum essestercorātum īrī
present participlestercorāns—
perfect participle—stercorātus
stercorāta, stercorātā, stercorātae, stercorātam, stercorātārum, stercorātās, stercorātī, stercorātōrum, stercorātōs
future participlestercorātūrus
stercorātūra, stercorātūrā, stercorātūrae, stercorātūram, stercorātūrārum, stercorātūrās, stercorātūre, stercorātūrī, stercorātūrīs, stercorātūrō, stercorātūrōrum, stercorātūrōs, stercorātūrum
stercorandus
stercoranda, stercorandā, stercorandae, stercorandam, stercorandārum, stercorandās, stercorande, stercorandīs, stercorandōrum, stercorandōs
gerundstercorandī, stercorandō, stercorandumsupinestercorātum, stercorātū

stercŏro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. id..
I. To dung, manure with dung, to muck: loca, Varr. R. R. 1, 38; Cic. Sen. 15, 54: agrum, Mart. Cap. 3, § 305; Col. 2, 16, 2; Plin. 17, 9, 6, § 50.—
II. To cleanse from dung: latrinas, Dig. 7, 1, 15: stercorata colluvies, dungheap, Col. 1, 6, 24.—Hence, stercŏ-rātus, a, um, P. a., dunged, mucked, manured: locus stercoratissimus, Col. 11, 2, 85; 2, 11, 8.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin stercorō From stercus (stercor- in compounds) + -ō.

Italo-Romance
  • Italianstercorare
  • Sicilianstercorari
Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishestercolar
  • Galicianestercoar
Borrowings
  • Englishstercorate

In English words that came into English from stercorō

  • stercorationstercoratio

Quick answers

What does stercorō mean in Latin?
stercorō, a verb, means “to dung, to manure; to clear of excrement, to muck out”.
What are the principal parts of stercorō?
stercorō, stercorāre, stercorāvī, stercorātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce stercorō?
In classical Latin, [ˈstɛr.kɔ.roː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈstɛr.ko.ro].