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stercēia, ae, f. [stercus], a maidservant who cleans the excrements from children, Tert. adv. Val. 8.
As a nickname, Petr. 75, 9 (al. sterteja).

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.

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.

stercŏrārĭus, a, um, adj. [stercus], of or belonging to dung: crates, Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 3: porta, a gate in the temple of Vesta (v. stercus), Fest. p. 344 Müll.; cf. Bunsen’s Rome, 3, p. 12.

stercŏrātĭo, ōnis, f. [stercoro], a dunging, manuring, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12; Col. 2, 1 fin.; 2, 16, 2; Plin. 18, 23, 53, § 192.

stercŏrātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., v. stercoro.

stercŏro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [stercus].

  1. I. To dung, manure with dung, to muck: loca, Varr. R. R. 1, 38; Cic. Sen. 15, 54: agrum, Mart. Cap. 3, § 305; Col. 2, 16, 2; Plin. 17, 9, 6, § 50.
  2. II. To cleanse from dung: latrinas, Dig. 7, 1, 15: stercorata colluvies, dungheap, Col. 1, 6, 24.
    Hence, stercŏ-rātus, a, um, P. a., dunged, mucked, manured: locus stercoratissimus, Col. 11, 2, 85; 2, 11, 8.

* stercŏrĕus, a, um, adj. [stercus], dungy, stinking: miles, as a term of abuse, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 12.

stercŏrōsus, a, um, adj. [stercus], full of excrements or dung, well manured: aqua, full of filth, impure, Col. 8, 3, 8; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 26, 6: solum, Col. 11, 3, 43: herbae, id. 9, 4, 7.
Sup.: locus, Cato, R. R. 46.

stercŭlīnĭum, i, v. sterquilinium.

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.

† sterelȳtis, ĭdis, f., a sort of scum or litharge of silver, Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 108.

† stĕrĕŏbăta, ae, f., = στερεοβάτης, a pedestal of a column or row of columns, Vitr. 3, 3.

† stergēthron, i, n., = στέργηθρον, a plant, great houseleek, Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 160; App. Herb. 123.

Stēria, ae, f., = Στειρία, a town in Attica, Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 24.

* stērĭcŭla, ae. f. dim., the uterus of a sow that has not yet farrowed, Petr. 35, 3.

† stērigmos, i, m., = στηριγμός, the standing-still of a planet (pure Lat. stativa lux), App. de Mundo, p. 64, 25.

* stĕrĭlĕfīo, fĭĕri, v. n. [sterilis-facio], to become unfruitful, barren, or sterile: leaenae sterilefiunt in aeternum, Sol. 27 med. dub. (al. steriles fiunt).

stĕrĭlesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [sterilis], to grow unfruitful, barren, or sterile.

  1. I. Lit.: leaenae, Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 45: caprae pinguitudine, id. 8, 50, 76, § 200: amygdalae, id. 17, 10, 11, § 63: mamma (suis), id. 11, 40, 95, § 234.
  2. * II. Trop.: gaudia, Val. Cato, Dir. 9.

stĕrĭlĭcŭla, ae, f., = vulva sterilis, the womb of a sow that has never borne young, Petr. 35, 3.

stĕrĭlis, e (collat. form,

  1. I. acc. sing. fem sterilam sterilem, Fest. p. 316 Müll.; neutr. plur. sterila, Lucr. 2, 845; abl. sterile, Apic. 7, 1, § 258), adj. [Gr. στερεός, hard; στερίφη, στεῖρα, barren; Sanscr. starī, vacca sterilis], unfruitful, barren, sterile, of plants and animals (class. and very freq.; syn infecundus): steriles nascuntur avenae, Verg. E. 5, 37; so, ulvae, Ov. M. 4, 299: herba, id. Am. 3, 7, 31; Curt. 4, 1, 21: platani, Verg. G. 2, 70: agri, id. ib. 1, 84; id. A. 3, 141: tellus, Ov. M. 8, 789: palus, Hor. A. P. 65: harena, Verg. G. 1, 70: humus, Prop. 3, 2 (2, 11), 2; Curt. 7, 5, 34: solum, id. 3, 4, 3: steriles nimium crasso sunt semine, Lucr. 4, 1240; Cat. 67, 26: galli Tanagric’ ad partus sunt steriliores, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 6: vacca, Verg. A. 6, 251: multae (mulie res), Lucr. 4, 1251: viri, i. e. eunuchs, Cat. 63, 69; Plin. 24, 10, 47, § 78; Mart. 9, 9, 8: ova, Plin. 10, 60, 80, § 166.
    1. B. Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.).
      1. 1. Of things, causing unfruitfulness or sterility: rubigo, Hor. C. 3, 23, 6: frigus, Luc. 4, 108: hiems, Mart. 8, 68, 10: serere pampinariis sterile est, produces sterility, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 157.
      2. 2. In gen., barren, bare, empty: manus, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 3: sterilis amator a datis, bare of gifts, id. ib. 2, 1, 30: amicus, Juv. 12, 97; Mart. 10, 18, 3: epistulae, Plin. Ep. 5, 2, 2: saeculum, id. ib. 5, 17, 6: civitas ad aquas, App. M. 1, p. 106 fin.: vadum, Sen. Thyest. 173: corpora sonitu (with jejuna succo), that yield no sound, Lucr. 2, 845: prospectus, without human beings, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 15: domus, without children, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 62: nummi, that do not bear interest, Dig. 22, 1, 7.
        With gen.: sterilis laurus baccarum, Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 130: lapides plumbi, id. 33, 7, 40, § 119.
  2. II. Trop., unproductive, unprofitable, fruitless, useless, vain: Februarius, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 2: quod monumentum, quod immo temporis punctum, aut beneficio sterile, aut vacuum laude? Plin. Pan. 56, 2: ne sit sterile et effetum (saeculum), id. Ep. 5, 17, 6: fama (with cassa), Stat. Th. 6, 70: labor, Mart. 10, 58, 8: pax, Tac. A. 1, 17: amor, i. e. unreturned, unrequited, Ov. M. 1, 496; Stat. S. 3, 4, 42: cathedrae, unprofitable, Mart. 1, 76, 14; Juv. 7, 203: litus sterili versamus aratro, id. 7, 49.
    With gen., destitute, deprived of, unacquainted with: urbes talium studiorum fuere steriles, Vell. 1, 18 fin.: non adeo virtutum sterile saeculum, Tac. H. 1, 3: heu steriles veri! Pers. 5, 75.

stĕrĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [sterilis], unfruitfulness, barrenness, sterility (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: quae sit vel sterilitas agrorum vel fertilitas futura, Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131; id. Agr. 2, 26, 70: frugum, Vell. 1, 1 fin.: arborum, Plin. 16, 26, 47, § 111: annonae, Col. 2, 10, 1: vitium, id. 3, 10, 15: terrae, Vulg. Thren. 4, 9: fetus exstitit in sterilitate naturae, Cic. Div. 1, 18, 36: mulierum, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 97: in sterilitatem castrare, id. 18, 14, 36, § 136.
    Plur., Suet. Claud. 18: continuae, Plin. Ep. 10, 8 (24), 5.
    1. * B. Transf.: caelestis sterilitas, weather that causes unfruitfulness, Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 290: sterilitas fortunae, poverty, insufficiency, id. 14, prooem. § 4.
  2. * II. Trop.: in sterilitatem emarcuit (auctoritas), Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 121.

stĕrĭlus, a, um, v. sterilis init.

sternax, ācis, adj. [sterno], that throws to the ground (poet.): equus, that throws his rider, Verg. A. 12, 364; Sil. 1, 261: cives, that fall prostrate, Sid. Ep. 5, 14 fin.; so of a suppliant, id. ib. 4, 12 fin.

sterno, strāvi, strātum, 3 (pluperf. sync. strarat, Manil. 1, 774: strasset, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 8), v. a. [Gr. root ΣΤΟΡ, στορέννυμι, to spread; στρατός, camp; Sanscr. star- strnāmi = sterno; cf.: strages, struo, torus, and lātus, adj., old Lat. stlatus], to spread out, spread abroad; to stretch out, extend.

  1. I. Lit. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; in Cic. only in the part. perf.; cf.: effundo, extendo, subicio, subdo): vestes, Ov. M. 8, 658: in duro vellus solo, id. F. 4, 654: bubulos utres ponte, Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 176: hic glarea dura Sternitur, Tib. 1, 7, 60: natas sub aequore virgas Sternit, i. e. scatters, strews, Ov. M. 4, 743: harenam, id. F. 3, 813; id. Am. 2, 14, 8: herbas, id. M. 7, 254: poma passim, Verg. E. 7, 54: spongeas ad lunam et pruinas, Plin. 31, 11. 47, § 123: arma per flores, Grat. Cyneg. 487: fessi sternunt corpora, stretch out their bodies, lie down, Liv. 27, 47, 9; cf.: sternunt se somno diversae in litore phocae, Verg. G. 4, 432.
    Mid.: sternimur optatae gremio telluris, Verg. A. 3, 509; and: in Capitolinas certatim scanditur arces Sternunturque Jovi, Sil. 12, 340.
    Part. perf.: strātus, a, um, stretched out, lying down, prostrate (syn. prostratus): strata terrae, Enn. ap. Non. 172, 20 (Trag. v. 370 Vahl.): nos humi strati, Cic. de Or. 3, 6, 22: quidam somno etiam strati, Liv. 37, 20, 5: ad pedes strati, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3: stratum jacere et genua complecti, Quint. 6, 1, 34: nunc viridi membra sub arbuto Stratus, Hor. C. 1, 1, 21.
      1. 2. Of places, to extend: insulae Frisiorum, Chaucorum, etc. … sternuntur inter Helium ac Flevum, stretch out, extend, Plin. 4, 15, 29, § 101; 3, 5, 9, § 60; hence, vites stratae, spreading, Col. 5, 4, 2 (for Nep. Milt. 5, 3, v. under rarus, II. A.).
    1. B. In partic., to spread a thing out flat, i. e. to smooth, level (mostly poet.): sternere aequor aquis, Verg. A. 8, 89; cf.: placidi straverunt aequora venti, id. ib. 5, 763: nunc omne tibi stratum silet aequor, id. E. 9, 57: pontum, Ov. M. 11, 501: mare, Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 125: stratoque super discumbitur ostro, Verg. A. 1, 700: viam per mare, smoothed, levelled, Lucr. 3, 1030 (acc. to the Gr. ὁδὸν στορέννυμι): stratum militari labore iter, Quint. 2, 13, 16; so, hoc iter Alpes, Hoc Cannae stravere tibi, Sil. 12, 514; and trop.: praesens tibi fama benignum Stravit iter, Stat. Th. 12, 813.
      1. * 2. Trop. (the figure borrowed from the sea), to calm, still, moderate: odia militum, Tac. H. 1, 58 (cf.: constrata ira, Stat. S. 2, 5, 1).
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. To cover, cover over (by spreading something out; the predom. class. signif. of the word; cf. obtendo).
      1. 1. Of a couch, bed, etc., to spread, prepare, arrange, make: lectus vestimentis stratus est, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 30; cf.: strata cubilia sunt herbis, Lucr. 5, 1417: rogatus est a Maximo, ut triclinium sterneret … Atque ille stravit pelliculis haedinis lectulos Punicanos, Cic. Mur. 36, 75; so, lectum, lectos, biclinium, triclinia, etc., Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 33; id. Most. 1, 4, 14; id. Men. 2, 3, 3; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 70; id. Ps. 1, 2, 31; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 73; id. Ad. 2, 4, 21; Cic. Clu. 5, 14; id. Tusc. 5, 21, 61; Hirt. B. G. 8, 51: his foliis cubitus sternere, Plin. 24, 9, 38, § 59: torum frondibus, Juv. 6, 5: strata cathedra, cushioned, id. 9, 52; cf. also, ARCERAM NE STERNITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 25; and absol.: jubet sterni sibi in primā domus parte (sc. lectum), Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7.
      2. 2. Esp., places, to cover; of a way, road, path, etc., to pave: aspreta erant strata saxis, Liv. 9, 35, 2: via strata, id. 8, 15, 8: semitam saxo quadrato straverunt, id. 10, 23 fin.; so, vias silice … clivum Capitolinum silice … emporium lapide, id. 41, 27, 5 sq.; and absol.: locum illum sternendum locare, Cic. Att. 14, 15, 2: pavimentum stratum lapide, Vulg. Ezech. 40, 17: viam lapide, Dig. 43, 11, 1.
      3. 3. To saddle: equos, Liv. 37, 20, 12; 37, 20, 4; Veg. 5, 77: asinum, Vulg. Gen. 22, 3.
      4. 4. In gen., to cover, spread: argento sternunt iter omne viarum, Lucr. 2, 626: foliis nemus Multis et algā litus inutili tempestas Sternet, will strew over, bestrew, Hor. C. 3, 17, 12: congeriem silvae vellere summam, Ov. M. 9, 236: litora nive, Val. Fl. 5, 175: harenam Circi chrysocolla, Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 90: solum telis, Verg. A. 9, 666: Tyrrhenas valles caedibus, Sil. 6, 602: strati bacis silvestribus agri, Verg. G. 2, 183: ante aras terram caesi stravere juvenci, covered, id. A. 8, 719.
    2. B. To stretch out by flinging down, to throw down, stretch on the ground, throw to the ground, overthrow, prostrate (mostly poet., esp. in Verg.; in prose not before the Aug. period; in Cic. only once in the trop. sense; v. the foll.; cf. profligo): cujus casus prolapsi cum proximos sterneret, Liv. 5, 47: circa jacentem ducem sterne Gallorum catervas, id. 7, 26, 8: turbam invadite ac sternite omnia ferro, id. 24, 38, 7: alius sit fortis in armis, Sternat et adversos Marte favente duces, Tib. 1, 10, 30: caede viros, Verg. A. 10, 119: aliquem leto, id. ib. 8, 566: morte, id. ib. 11, 796; Liv. 31, 21, 15; Ov. M. 12, 604: adversā prensis a fronte capillis Stravit humi pronam, id. ib. 2, 477: primosque et extremos Stravit humum, Hor. C. 4, 14, 32: sternitur volnere, Verg. A. 10, 781: impetus per stratos caede hostes, Liv. 4, 29, 1: aliquem morti, Verg. A. 12, 464: irae Thyesten exitio gravi Stravere, Hor. C. 1, 16, 18: corpore toto Sternitur in vultus, Stat. Th. 12, 318: sternitur, et toto projectus corpore terrae, Verg. A. 11, 87: toto praecipitem sternit, Sil. 4, 182: hostes, Just. 2, 11, 13: Ajax stravit ferro pecus, Hor. S. 2, 3, 202: sternitur et procumbit humi bos, Verg. A. 5, 481: strata belua texit humum, Ov. H. 10, 106: rapidus torrens Sternit agros, sternit sata laeta, Verg. A. 2, 306: moenia, to overthrow, demolish, Ov. M. 12, 550; cf.: stratis ariete muris, Liv. 1, 29, 2: sternit a culmine Trojam, Verg. A. 2, 603; so, (elephanti) stabula Indorum dentibus sternunt, Plin. 8, 9, 9, § 27.
      1. 2. Trop. (rare): deorum plagā perculsi, afflictos se et stratos esse fatentur, cast down, prostrated, Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 72: mortalia corda Per gentes humiles stravit pavor, Verg. G. 1, 331: virtus populi Romani haec omnia strata humi erexit ac sustulit, Liv. 26, 41, 12: stratā Germaniā, subdued, Amm. 16, 1, 5.
        Hence, strātus, a, um, P. a.; as substt.
    1. A. strāta, ae, f. (sc. via), a paved road or way (post-class.), Eutr. 9, 15: amplas sternite jam stratas, Juvenc. 1, 315: in margine stratae, id. 3, 656.
    2. B. strātum, i, n. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.; acc. to II. A.).
      1. 1. A bed-covering, a coverlet, quilt, blanket; a pillow, bolster: lecti mollia strata, Lucr. 4, 849: proripere se e strato, Suet. Calig. 51; Ov. M. 5, 34; 10, 267.
        1. b. Meton. (pars pro toto), a bed, couch: haud segnis strato surgit Palinurus, Verg. A. 3, 513; cf. id. ib. 8, 415; 3, 176: tale, Nep. Ages. 8: quies neque molli strato neque silentio arcessita, Liv. 21, 4, 7.
          Plur.: strataque quae membris intepuere tuis, Ov. H. 10, 54: dura, id. Am. 1, 2, 2; Luc. 1, 239.
          Once also (sc. lectus) in the masc., Favorin. ap. Gell. 15, 8, 2.
      2. 2. A horsecloth, housing, a saddle, Ov. M. 8, 33; Liv. 7, 14, 7; Sen. Ep. 80, 9; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202.
        Prov.: qui asinum non potest, stratum caedit (v. asinum), Petr. 45, 8.
      3. 3. A pavement: saxea viarum, Lucr. 1, 315; 4, 415: extraneum, Petr. poët. 55, 6, 11.

sternūmentum, i, n. [sternuo], a sneezing (class.; but cf. sternutamentum).

  1. I. Lit., Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84; Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 24; 21, 22, 93, § 163; 25, 5, 21, § 52; 28, 6, 15, § 57; Gell. 12, 5, 11; Cels. 3, 20; 8, 4; 8, 9.
  2. II. Transf., a means of provoking sneezing, sneezing-powder, Cels. 6, 7, 9; Plin. 25, 11, 86, § 135; 25, 13, 109, § 173.

sternŭo, ŭi, 3, v. n. and a. [cf. Gr. πτάρνυσθαι, v. Curt. Griech. Etym. p. 696].

  1. I. Neutr., to sneeze: adorare aliquem, cum sternuerit, Plin. 2, 40, 40, § 107; 28, 6, 15, § 57; 19, 3, 15, § 40 (al. sternuto); Col. 7, 5, 18 Schneid. N. cr.
    1. * B. Transf., of a light, to sputter, crackle: sternuit et lumen … sternuit, et nobis prospera signa dedit, Ov. H. 19, 151 sq.
  2. II. Act., to sneeze out, give by sneezing: omen, Prop. 2, 3, 24; so, approbationem, Cat. 45, 9 and 18.

sternūtāmentum, i, n. [sternuto], a sneezing (post-Aug.): sternutamenta erunt observanda, Sen. Ira, 2, 25, 4; Scrib. 10 (in Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84, the better reading is sternumenta).

sternūtātĭo, ōnis, f. [sternuto], a sneezing, sternutation (post-class. and rare for sternumentum), App. M. 9, p. 228, 24; Scrib. Comp. 10 fin.; Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 5 fin.

sternūto, āvi, 1, v. freq. n. [sternuo], to sneeze, Petr. 98, 4; 102, 10; Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 40.

Stĕrŏpē, ēs, f., = Στερόπη.

  1. I. One of the Pleiades, Att. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 130 (Trag. Rel. p. 135 Rib.); Ov. F. 4, 172; id. Tr. 1, 11, 14.
  2. II. One of the horses of the sun, Hyg. Fab. 183.

Stĕrŏpes, is, m., = Στερόπης, one of the Cyclops in Vulcan’s smithy, Verg. A. 8, 425; Ov. F. 4, 288; Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 195; id. Rapt. Pros. 1, 239; acc. Steropem, Stat. S. 1, 1, 4.

sterto, ŭi (acc. to Prisc. p. 903 P.; cf. desterto), 3, v. n. [cf.: δέρθω, δαρθάνω],

  1. I. to snore: noctem totam stertere, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 22; id. Mil. 3, 2, 7: stertit noctes et dies, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 49; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 27: Marcellus ita stertebat, ut ego vicinus audirem, Cic. 4, 3, 5; id. Ac. 2, 29, 93: diem totum stertebat, Hor. S. 1, 3, 18: qui vigilans stertis, Lucr. 3, 1048; Pers. 3, 3; 5, 132: vigilanti stertere naso, Juv. 1, 57: altiore stertitur somno, Amm. 27, 12, 8.
  2. II. Trop.: qui stertit aestate, Vulg. Prov. 10, 5.
    P. a. as subst.: stertens, entis, a snorer: prodi stertentium sonitu, Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 36.

Stertĭnĭus, ii, m., a Stoic philosopher, Hor. S. 2, 3, 33; 2, 3, 296.
Adj.: Stertĭ-nĭus, a, um, of Stertinius: acumen, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 20.