stannum

English

Etymology

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Proto-Celtic *stagnombor.

Latin stannumbor.

English stannum

Borrowed from Latin stannum.

Pronunciation

• enPR: stănʹəm, IPA^(key): /ˈstænəm/

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Noun

stannum (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, rare) tin

Derived terms

• stanene

Latin

Chemical element (edit)
Sn Atomic number 50 stannum
Classification data Period 5 Group 14 Block p-block Class post-transition metal
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Alternative forms

• stagnum

Etymology

Of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *stagnom; compare Irish stán.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈstan.nũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈstan.num]

Noun

stannum n (genitive stannī); second declension

1. an alloy of silver and lead
2. tin (the metal)

Usage notes

In Later Latin, it seems that stannum was replaced by a colloquial variant stagnum.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	stannum	stanna
genitive	stannī	stannōrum
dative	stannō	stannīs
accusative	stannum	stanna
ablative	stannō	stannīs
vocative	stannum	stanna

Descendants

• Asturian: estañu
• Catalan: estany
• French: étain
• Friulian: stagn
• Galician: estaño, estano, estanho (reintegrationist)
• Italian: stagno
• Occitan: estanh
• Old Spanish: estanno
  • Ladino: estanyo / איסטאנייו, stanyo / סטאנייו
  • Spanish: estaño
• Portuguese: estanho
• Romanian: staniu
• Sardinian: istagnu, stàngiu
• Sicilian: stagnu

References

• “stannum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "stannum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “stannum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “stannum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers