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stercŭlīnĭum, i, v. sterquilinium.

Stercŭlĭus, ii, m. [stercus], the deity that presides over manuring, Tert. Apol. 25; Macr. S. 1, 7; Lact. 1, 20 fin.; 1, 36; Serv. Verg. G. 1, 21.
Called also, Stercŭ-lus, Prud. στεφ. 2, 450; Stercŭtus or Stercŭtĭus, Plin. 17, 9, 6, § 50; Lact. 1, 20, 36; and, Stercenĭus, Serv. Verg. A. 11, 850; cf. Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 15; and Becker, Ant. 4, p. 16.

stercus, ŏris, n. [Gr. σκώρ; gen. σκατός, dung; Sanscr. cakrt = sakart].

  1. I. Lit., dung, excrements, ordure (syn.: fimus, merda), Varr. R. R. 1, 38; Col. 2, 15; Cato, R. R. 29; 37; Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57; Hor. Epod. 12, 11 al.; Fest. p. 344 Müll.; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 32 ib., and Fest. s. v. Quando stercus, pp. 258 and 259 ib.; Juv. 14, 64.
    Prov.: aurum in stercore quaerere, Cassiod. Inst. Div. Lit. 1, p. 510.
        1. b. As a term of abuse: nolo stercus curiae dici Glauciam, Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 164.
  2. II. Transf.: ferri, i. e. dross, slag, Scrib. Comp. 188.

Stercŭtĭus or Stercŭtus, v. Sterculius.

sterquĭlīnĭum (in MSS. also written stercŭl- and stercĭl-, Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 3; Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 41; Dig. 19, 1, 17, § 2), ii, n. (collat. form sterquĭlīnum, i, Phaedr. 3, 12, 1) [stercus], a dung-pit, laystall, mixen, Cato, R. R. 2, 3; Varr. 1, 13, 4; 1, 38, 3; Col. 1, 6, 21; 7, 5, 8; Phaedr. l. l.
As a term of reproach, Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 3; id. Cas. 1, 26; Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 41.