Stercus
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"O stercus pretiosum!"--Rameau's Nephew (1805) by Denis Diderot, see pretiosus |
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Stercus (gen. stercoris) is next to merda, a Latin word for shit.
It is politer than merda in Classical Latin. 'Stercus was used frequently in the Vulgate, as in its well known translation of Psalm 113:7:
- Suscitans a terra inopem, et de stercore erigens pauperem.
- ("He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill." KJV)
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