statua

See also: stàtua

English

Etymology

From Latin statua. Doublet of statue.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstatʃʊə/, /ˈstatjʊə/

Noun

statua (plural statuas or statuae)

1. (now rare, archaic) A statue. [from 15th c.]
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition III, section 2, member 1, subsection i:

     whilst he played, he put his ring upon the finger of Venus' statua, which was thereby, made in brass  […]

Corsican

Noun

statua f (plural statue)

1. statue

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Homophones: statuas, statuât

Verb

statua

1. third-person singular past historic of statuer

Italian

statua

Etymology

From Latin statua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta.tu.a/
• Rhymes: -atua
• Hyphenation: stà‧tu‧a

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

statua f (plural statue, diminutive statuétta or statuina)

1. statue

Hyponyms

• figura, monumento, scultura, simulacro

Related terms

• statuario

Further reading

• statua in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• “statua”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• astuta

Latin

statua Liviae Drusillae (statue of Livia Drusilla)

Etymology

From statuō (“to erect, set up, cause to stand”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsta.tu.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈstaː.tu.a]

Noun

statua f (genitive statuae); first declension

1. a statue, especially one made of metal

   Synonyms: imāgō, signum, simulācrum, effigiēs

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	statua	statuae
genitive	statuae	statuārum
dative	statuae	statuīs
accusative	statuam	statuās
ablative	statuā	statuīs
vocative	statua	statuae

Derived terms

• staticulum
• statuāria
• statuārius

Related terms

• statūmen
• statuō
• stō

Descendants

• Asturian: estatua
• Catalan: estàtua
• Corsican: statua
• Emilian: stâtua
• Galician: estatua
• Italian: statua
• Occitan: estatua
• → Old French: statue
  • → English: statue
  • French: statue
• Portuguese: estátua
• Romanian: statuie, statuă
• Russian: статуя (statuja)
• Sicilian: stàtua
• Spanish: estatua

References

• “statua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “statua”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "statua", 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)
• “statua”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to set up a statue in some one's honour: statuam alicui ponere, constituere
    
  • to put an inscription on statues: statuas inscribere (Verr. 2. 69. 167)
    
• “statua”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Polish

statua

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin statua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staˈtu.a/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ua
• Syllabification: sta‧tu‧a

Noun

statua f

1. (sculpture) statue (three-dimensional work of art)

   Synonym: posąg

Declension

Declension of statua

	singular	plural
nominative	statua	statuy
genitive	statui/statuy	statui
dative	statui	statuom
accusative	statuę	statuy
instrumental	statuą	statuami
locative	statui	statuach
vocative	statuo	statuy

Related terms

noun

• statuetka

Further reading

• “statua”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “statua”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French statuer.

Verb

a statua (third-person singular present statuează, past participle statuat) 1st conjugation

1. to rule, to determine (through a law or statute)

Conjugation

    conjugation of statua (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a statua
gerund			statuând
past participle			statuat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	statuez	statuezi	statuează	statuăm	statuați	statuează
	imperfect	statuam	statuai	statua	statuam	statuați	statuau
	simple perfect	statuai	statuași	statuă	statuarăm	statuarăți	statuară
	pluperfect	statuasem	statuaseși	statuase	statuaserăm	statuaserăți	statuaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să statuez	să statuezi	să statueze	să statuăm	să statuați	să statueze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		statuează			statuați
	negative		nu statua			nu statuați