sternumentum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From sternuō (“sneeze”) + -mentum.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ster.nuːˈmen.tum/, [s̠t̪ɛrnuːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ster.nuˈmen.tum/, [st̪ernuˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun edit
sternūmentum n (genitive sternūmentī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sternūmentum | sternūmenta |
| Genitive | sternūmentī | sternūmentōrum |
| Dative | sternūmentō | sternūmentīs |
| Accusative | sternūmentum | sternūmenta |
| Ablative | sternūmentō | sternūmentīs |
| Vocative | sternūmentum | sternūmenta |
Synonyms edit
- (sneezing): sternūtāmentum, sternūtātiō
References edit
- “sternumentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sternumentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sternumentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.