sternumentum
Latin
Etymology
From sternuō (“sneeze”) + -mentum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [stɛr.nuːˈmɛn.tũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [st̪er.nuˈmɛn̪.t̪um]
Noun
sternūmentum n (genitive sternūmentī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sternūmentum | sternūmenta |
| genitive | sternūmentī | sternūmentōrum |
| dative | sternūmentō | sternūmentīs |
| accusative | sternūmentum | sternūmenta |
| ablative | sternūmentō | sternūmentīs |
| vocative | sternūmentum | sternūmenta |
Synonyms
- (sneezing): sternūtāmentum, sternūtātiō
References
- “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.