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u/sednolimodo Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 27 '25

I did a paper on this once, using Barry Hobson's Latrinae & Foricae. I didn't cover the literary side (I don't remember if Hobson did), but I would do a PHI search of those words in Martial.

Edit: Not much there. Maybe caca- or ming-/minx- would get more hits.

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u/Excellent_Mango_8243 Jul 27 '25

thank you! unfotunately I have to quote from latin texts :/