excrementum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

excrēmentum, i, n. [excerno].

I What is sifted out , the refuse , Col. 8, 5, 25; Pall. Febr. 26, 3; id. Nov. 20, 4.—More freq.,

II What passes from the body , excrement , ordure , Plin. 11, 26, 32, § 94; 9, 45, 68, § 147: oris, spittle , Tac. H. 4, 81: narium, mucus of the nose , id. A. 16, 4.

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