sternumentum

Latin

Etymology

From sternuō (“sneeze”) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ster.nuːˈmen.tum/, [s̠t̪ɛrnuːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ster.nuˈmen.tum/, [st̪ernuˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

sternūmentum n (genitive sternūmentī); second declension

1. A sneezing; sneeze.
2. A means of provoking sneezing; sneezing-powder.

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.