sterculinumとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From stercus (“shit”) +‎ -ulum +‎ -inum.

名詞

sterculīnum n (genitive sterculīnī); second declension

1. toilet
2. dung heap
3. (vulgar, abuse) piece of shit
   • 161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Phormio 3.525–526:

     [Antipho] non pudet
     vanitati'? [Dorio] minime, dum ob rem. [Geta] sterculinum!

     [Antipho] Aren't you ashamed
     of your deception? [Dorio] Not at all, as long as there's a purpose. [Geta] Piece of shit!

語形変化

Second-declension noun (neuter).

参照

• “sterculinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sterculinum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.