suggestum
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin suggestum, from suggerō (“to put under”).
Noun edit
suggestum (plural suggestums or suggesta)
- (obsolete) A raised platform.
- 1834, William Henry Smyth, Descriptive Catalogue of a Cabinet of Roman Imperial Large-brass Medals by Captain William Henry Smyth:
- The Emperor and another figure, both togated, appear upon a suggestum; the former elevates his right hand towards four citizens who are applauding him; on the left is a female decumbent at the base of three obelisks.
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /suɡˈɡes.tum/, [s̠ʊɡˈɡɛs̠t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sudˈd͡ʒes.tum/, [sudˈd͡ʒɛst̪um]
Noun edit
suggestum n (genitive suggestī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | suggestum | suggesta |
| Genitive | suggestī | suggestōrum |
| Dative | suggestō | suggestīs |
| Accusative | suggestum | suggesta |
| Ablative | suggestō | suggestīs |
| Vocative | suggestum | suggesta |
References edit
- “suggestum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “suggestum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- suggestum 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)
- suggestum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.