-
terms for ****a in
classical Latin were
stercus (gen. stercoris), "manure" and
fimum or fimus, "filth."
Stercus was used
frequently in the Vulgate, as...
- the
manuring of the fields. The name
Sterquilinus comes from the
Latin stercus meaning "fertilizer" or "manure". His name was
altered to
avoid confusion...
-
Album græ****, or
stercus canis officinale, is the dung of dogs or
hyenas that has
become white through exposure to air. It is used in
dressing leather...
- for the eyes, also used as a cosmetic,
known as cordylea,
crocodilea or
stercus lacerti (i.e. 'lizard ****'), the
faeces being imported to
European pharmacies...
- skuas. The
genus contains seven species: The word stercorārius is from
stercus ("dung"),
which is also the
etymon of stercoranism, stercobilin, stercoral...
- is the
mineral form of
microcosmic salt. The name
comes from the
Latin "
stercus",
meaning dung,
since the
mineral was
originally discovered among guano...
- to April. The
genus Sterculia was
named after the
Latin god Sterculius.
Stercus means dung. This name was
given to this
genus because of the foul-smelling...
- Dice
chess can
refer to a
number of
chess variants in
which dice are used to
alter gameplay;
specifically that the
moves available to each
player are determined...
- Earl of Leicester,
which angered Elizabeth. It was a
coded attack on the
stercus or
excrement that was
poisoning society with
torture and state-sponsored...
-
references to Crepitus. They
additionally propitiated Stercutius (named from
stercus or excrement), the god of dung, who was
particularly important to farmers...
