stannum
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stannum (uncountable)
Latin edit
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *stagnos; see also Irish stán.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstan.num/, [ˈs̠t̪änːʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈstan.num/, [ˈst̪änːum]
Noun edit
stannum n (genitive stannī); second declension
Usage notes edit
In Later Latin, it seems that stannum was replaced by a colloquial variant stagnum.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | stannum | stanna |
Genitive | stannī | stannōrum |
Dative | stannō | stannīs |
Accusative | stannum | stanna |
Ablative | stannō | stannīs |
Vocative | stannum | stanna |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “stannum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- stannum 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)
- stannum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “stannum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers