stannum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stannum.

Pronunciation

• enPR: stănʹəm, IPA^(key): /ˈstænəm/

Noun

stannum (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, rare) tin

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Latin

Alternative forms

• stagnum

Etymology

Of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *stagnos; see also Irish stán.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈstan.num/, [ˈs̠t̪änːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstan.num/, [ˈst̪änːum]

Noun

stannum n (genitive stannī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	stannum	stanna
Genitive	stannī	stannōrum
Dative	stannō	stannīs
Accusative	stannum	stanna
Ablative	stannō	stannīs
Vocative	stannum	stanna

Usage notes

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

Descendants

• Asturian: estañu
• Catalan: estany
• French: étain
• Friulian: stagn
• Galician: estaño
• Italian: stagno

• Occitan: estanh
• Portuguese: estanho
• Romanian: staniu
• Sardinian: istagnu, stàngiu
• Sicilian: stagnu
• Spanish: estaño

References

• “stannum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stannum 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)
• 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