stagnum

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂g- (to seep drip), source of Ancient Greek στάζω (stázō, to drip), with different ablaut grade. Conversely, possibly related to Ancient Greek τέναγος (ténagos).

Noun

stāgnum n (genitive stāgnī); second declension

  1. pond, swamp, fen; any piece of standing water
  2. (poetic) waters
  3. (poetic) any pool or lake in general
    Stāgnum ignis.
    A lake of fire.
Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative stāgnum stāgna
Genitive stāgnī stāgnōrum
Dative stāgnō stāgnīs
Accusative stāgnum stāgna
Ablative stāgnō stāgnīs
Vocative stāgnum stāgna
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
  • stāgnālis
  • stāgnātor
  • stāgnensis
  • stāgni incola
  • stāgnīnus
  • stāgnōsus
Descendants

References

  • stagnum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • stagnum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • stagnum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • stagnum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • running water: aqua viva, profluens (opp. stagnum)
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “stāgnum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 585

Etymology 2

Noun

stagnum n (genitive stagnī); second declension

  1. Alternative form of stannum
Usage notes

The use of the spelling stagnum as a form of stannum (tin) is unattested before Pliny. Some analyses suspect a Gaulish interference may have caused the rise of this alternate form.[1]

References

  1. Rey, Alain. Dictionnaire historique de la langue française. Page 829.
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