statumen

Latin

Etymology

From statuō (“to hold up, fix upright”) +‎ -men.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /staˈtuː.men/, [s̠t̪äˈt̪uːmɛn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /staˈtu.men/, [st̪äˈt̪uːmen]

Noun

statūmen n (genitive statūminis); third declension

that upon which any thing rests.
a support, stay, prop.
a rib of a ship.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	statūmen	statūmina
Genitive	statūminis	statūminum
Dative	statūminī	statūminibus
Accusative	statūmen	statūmina
Ablative	statūmine	statūminibus
Vocative	statūmen	statūmina

References

“statumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“statumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
statumen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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