stagnum
Latin
Etymology 1
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂g- (“to seep drip”), source of Ancient Greek στάζω (stázō, “to drip”), with different ablaut grade. Conversely, possibly related to Ancient Greek τέναγος (ténagos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈstaːɡ.num/, [ˈs̠t̪äːŋnʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈstaɲ.ɲum/, [ˈst̪äɲːum]
Noun
stāgnum n (genitive stāgnī); second declension
- pond, swamp, fen; any piece of standing water
- (poetic) waters
- (poetic) any pool or lake in general
- Stāgnum ignis.
- A lake of fire.
- Stāgnum ignis.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | stāgnum | stāgna |
| Genitive | stāgnī | stāgnōrum |
| Dative | stāgnō | stāgnīs |
| Accusative | stāgnum | stāgna |
| Ablative | stāgnō | stāgnīs |
| Vocative | stāgnum | stāgna |
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
stagnum n (genitive stagnī); second declension
- Alternative form of stannum
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | stagnum | stagna |
| Genitive | stagnī | stagnōrum |
| Dative | stagnō | stagnīs |
| Accusative | stagnum | stagna |
| Ablative | stagnō | stagnīs |
| Vocative | stagnum | stagna |
Usage notes
The use of the spelling stagnum as a form of stannum (“tin”) is unattested before Pliny. Some analyses suspect a Gaulish interference may have caused the rise of this alternate form.[1]
References
- ^ Rey, Alain. Dictionnaire historique de la langue française. Page 829.
- “stagnum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “stagnum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stagnum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- stagnum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- running water: aqua viva, profluens (opp. stagnum)
- running water: aqua viva, profluens (opp. stagnum)
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “stāgnum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 585