Latin edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

statūmen n (genitive statūminis); third declension

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

Declension edit

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 edit

  • 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.