English
Etymology
Noun
stagnum (plural stagna)
- (obsolete) A millpond.
- 1865, John Fisher (of Masham.), The History and Antiquities of Masham and Mashamshire (page 182)
- See ante p. 44, where allusion is made to the grant by Roger de Mowbray to John, son of Drin, who had liberty to make this mill, and to fasten a stagnum or mill-pool.
- 1865, John Fisher (of Masham.), The History and Antiquities of Masham and Mashamshire (page 182)
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *steh₂g- (“to seep, drip”), whence also Ancient Greek στάζω (stázō, “to drip”) (with different ablaut grade), as well as Old Breton staer (“river, brook”).[1] Conversely, possibly related to Ancient Greek τέναγος (ténagos, “shoal water, shallows”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈstaːŋ.nũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈstaɲ.ɲum]
Noun
stāgnum n (genitive stāgnī); second declension
- a body of standing water (such as a pond, lagoon, swamp, fen or pool)
- (poetic) waters
- (poetic) any pool or lake in general
- Stāgnum ignis.
- A lake of fire.
- c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 3.327–330:
- Inde, ubi quarta sitim caeli collegerit hora,
Et cantu quaerulae rumpent arbusta cicadae,
Ad puteos aut alta greges ad stagna jubebo
currentem ilignis potare canalibus undam;
[…]- Translation by James B. Greenough, 1900
- When heaven's fourth hour draws on the thickening drought,
And shrill cicalas pierce the brake with song,
Then at the well-springs bid them, or deep pools,
From troughs of holm-oak quaff the running wave:
[…]
- When heaven's fourth hour draws on the thickening drought,
- Translation by James B. Greenough, 1900
- Inde, ubi quarta sitim caeli collegerit hora,
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stāgnum | stāgna |
| genitive | stāgnī | stāgnōrum |
| dative | stāgnō | stāgnīs |
| accusative | stāgnum | stāgna |
| ablative | stāgnō | stāgnīs |
| vocative | stāgnum | stāgna |
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Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
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 alternative form (compare Proto-Celtic *stagnom).[2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈstaŋ.nũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈstaɲ.ɲum]
Noun
stagnum n (genitive stagnī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stagnum | stagna |
| genitive | stagnī | stagnōrum |
| dative | stagnō | stagnīs |
| accusative | stagnum | stagna |
| ablative | stagnō | stagnīs |
| vocative | stagnum | stagna |
References
- ^ 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, →ISBN, page 585
- ^ Rey, Alain. Dictionnaire historique de la langue française. Page 829.
Further reading
- “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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “stagnum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- running water: aqua viva, profluens (opp. stagnum)
- running water: aqua viva, profluens (opp. stagnum)