stertens

sterto, ŭi (acc. to Prisc. p. 903 P.; cf. desterto), 3, v. n. [cf.: derthô, darthanô], to snore:

noctem totam stertere,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 22; id. Mil. 3, 2, 7:

stertit noctes et dies,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 49; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 27:

Marcellus ita stertebat, ut ego vicinus audirem,

Cic. 4, 3, 5; id. Ac. 2, 29, 93:

diem totum stertebat,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 18:

qui vigilans stertis,

Lucr. 3, 1048; Pers. 3, 3; 5, 132:

vigilanti stertere naso,

Juv. 1, 57:

altiore stertitur somno,

Amm. 27, 12, 8.—

II.

Trop.:

qui stertit aestate,

Vulg. Prov. 10, 5.—P. a. as subst.: stertens, entis, a snorer:

prodi stertentium sonitu,

Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 36.