stans

See also: Stans

English

Noun

stans

1. plural of stan

Anagrams

• Nasts, Sants, Tsans, snast

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Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of stō (“stand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /stans/, [s̠t̪ä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /stans/, [st̪äns]
• Rhymes: -aːs

Participle

stāns (genitive stantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. standing
2. staying, remaining

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	stāns			stantēs	stantia
Genitive	stantis			stantium
Dative	stantī			stantibus
Accusative	stantem	stāns		stantēs stantīs	stantia
Ablative	stante stantī1			stantibus
Vocative	stāns			stantēs	stantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• stantia
• stanticus

Descendants

• Italian: stanza
  • → Old French: estance
    • → English: stance
• Romansch: stànza, staunza
• Spanish: estante

References

• stans 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)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

stans

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of stanse

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Swedish

Noun

stans c

1. Punch, a medical tool to sample skin pieces for biopsy.