merda

ae, f.

etym. dub.; cf. Gr. μορύσσειν, to defile

I. dung, ordure, excrement: corvorum, Hor. S. 1, 8, 37; Mart. 3, 17, 6; Veg. 2, 8, 4; Phaedr. 4, 17, 25.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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