statumen
Latin
Etymology
From statuō (“to hold up, fix upright”) + -men.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [staˈtuː.mɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [st̪aˈt̪uː.men]
Noun
statūmen n (genitive statūminis); third declension
- that upon which any thing rests.
- a support, stay, prop.
- Synonyms: stabilīmen, stabilīmentum, adminiculum, pedāmen, fulcīmen
- a rib of a ship.
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | statūmen | statūmina |
| genitive | statūminis | statūminum |
| dative | statūminī | statūminibus |
| accusative | statūmen | statūmina |
| ablative | statūmine | statūminibus |
| vocative | statūmen | statūmina |
References
- “statumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “statumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- statumen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.