manure (v.) Copy link Outline 1. stercŏro, 12. laetĭfĭco, 1 (in gen. sense, to fertilize) • manure (v.): 1. stercŏro, 1: Cato: Varr.: Col.: Plin. 2. laetĭfĭco, 1 (in gen. sense, to fertilize): cf. Plin. 18, 12, 30 § 120, solum in quo sata est laetificat stercoris vice. (Or expr. by stercore s. fimo saturare, to m. thoroughly, cf. Virg. G. 1, 80.)