sterceia

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps a humorous formation stercus (“dung, manure”) +‎ -ēius (nomen-gentilicium-forming suffix) in Tertullian. Compare to stertēia.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sterˈkeː.i.a/, [stɛrˈkeː.i.a]

Noun

stercēia f (genitive stercēiae); first declension

  1. a maidservant who cleans the excrement from children
    • c. 160 CE - 225 CE, Tertullian, Adversus Valentinianos, VIII:
      Quārē nōn et stercēiae et syntrophī nōminantur?
      Why are there neither excrement maids nor childhood companions named?

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative stercēia stercēiae
Genitive stercēiae stercēiārum
Dative stercēiae stercēiīs
Accusative stercēiam stercēiās
Ablative stercēiā stercēiīs
Vocative stercēia stercēiae

References
  • sterceia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sterceia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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