stabilimentum
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
stabilimentum (plural stabilimenta)
- A particular web structure made by some spiders.
- 1912, John Henry Comstock, The Spider Book: A Manual for the Study of the Spiders and Their Near Relatives, the Scorpions, Pseudoscorpions, Whip-scorpions, Harvestmen, and Other Members of the Class Arachnida:
- The stabilimentum of Cyclosa differs greatly from that of a garden spider. It often consists largely of the remains of the insects that the spider has destroyed fastened together and in place with threads of silk.
Further reading edit
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sta.bi.liːˈmen.tum/, [s̠t̪äbɪlʲiːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sta.bi.liˈmen.tum/, [st̪äbiliˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun edit
stabilīmentum n (genitive stabilīmentī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | stabilīmentum | stabilīmenta |
| Genitive | stabilīmentī | stabilīmentōrum |
| Dative | stabilīmentō | stabilīmentīs |
| Accusative | stabilīmentum | stabilīmenta |
| Ablative | stabilīmentō | stabilīmentīs |
| Vocative | stabilīmentum | stabilīmenta |
References edit
- “stabilimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- stabilimentum 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)
- stabilimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.