sterceia
Latin
FWOTD – 6 October 2022
Etymology
Perhaps a humorous formation stercus (“dung, manure”) + -ēius (nomen-gentilicium-forming suffix) in Tertullian. Compare to stertēia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sterˈkeːi̯.a/, [s̠t̪ɛrˈkeːi̯ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sterˈt͡ʃej.a/, [st̪erˈt͡ʃɛjä]
Noun
stercēia f (genitive stercēiae); first declension
- a maidservant who cleans the excrement from children
- c. 160 CE, Tertullian, Adversus Valentinianos 8:
- Quārē nōn et stercēiae et syntrophī nōminantur?
- Why are excrement maids or childhood companions not also named?
- Quārē nōn et stercēiae et syntrophī nōminantur?
- c. 160 CE, Tertullian, Adversus Valentinianos 8:
Declension
First-declension noun.
| 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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