sterteia

Humorous formation stertō (“snore”) +‎ -eius (nomen-gentilicium-forming suffix) in Petronius. Compare to sterceia.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [stɛrˈtɛj.ja]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [st̪erˈt̪ɛː.ja]

sterteia f (genitive sterteiae); first declension

1. female snorer, woman who snores
   • c. 27–66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon, section LXXV:

     Tū autem, sterteia, etiamnum plōrās?

     What, you snorer, are you still whining?

First-declension noun.