sterni
Esperanto
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin sternō (“I spread, stretch out, spread out”). Compare Italian sternere, Friulian stierni.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsterni (present sternas, past sternis, future sternos, conditional sternus, volitive sternu)
- (transitive) to spread out, to stretch out, to extend (in horizontal direction)
- Synonyms: kuŝigi, etendi
- Coordinate terms: malvolvi, elvolvi
- La aglo sternis siajn flugilojn kaj komencis flugi al sia nesto.
- The eagle spread out its wings and began to fly toward its eyrie.
- La knabineto sternis la brakojn por brakumi min.
- The little girl stretched out her arms to hug me.
- 1907, Kabe, chapter 24, in La Faraono, part 2, Hachette, translation of Faraon by Bolesław Prus:
- Ĉe la subiro de la suno la vojaĝantoj venis al alta monteto, de kies supro sin sternis antaŭ ili eksterordinara pentraĵo.
- With the sunrise, the travelers arrived at a high hill, from the top of which an extraordinary painting spread in front of them.
Conjugation
editConjugation of sterni
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Derived terms
editItalian
editNoun
editsterni m
Anagrams
editLatin
editVerb
editsternī
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