statio

Latin

Etymology

From the verb stō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.ti.oː/

Noun

statiō f (genitive statiōnis); third declension

1. outpost, picket
2. station
3. watch
4. a standing, standing firm, position

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	statiō	statiōnēs
Genitive	statiōnis	statiōnum
Dative	statiōnī	statiōnibus
Accusative	statiōnem	statiōnēs
Ablative	statiōne	statiōnibus
Vocative	statiō	statiōnēs

Descendants

• Asturian: estación
• Catalan: estació
• Corsican: staghjone
• Dalmatian: stasaun
• English: station
• French: station
• Friulian: stagjon
• Galician: estación
• Indonesian: stasiun
• Italian: stagione, stazione, stazzo, stazzone

• Malay: stesen
• Neapolitan: stazzione
• Occitan: estacion
• Portuguese: estação
• Romanian: stație
• Romansch: stagiun, stizun
• Sicilian: stazzioni, stazzuni
• Spanish: estación
• Swedish: station
• Venetian: staçion, stagion, stajon, staxon,

References

• statio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• statio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• statio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• statio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the cohort on guard-duty: cohors, quae in statione est
    
  • to be on duty before the gates: stationes agere pro portis