suggestum

English

Etymology

From Latin suggestum, from suggerō (“to put under”).

Noun

suggestum (plural suggestums or suggesta)

1. (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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /suɡˈɡes.tum/, [s̠ʊɡˈɡɛs̠t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sudˈd͡ʒes.tum/, [sudˈd͡ʒɛst̪um]

Noun

suggestum n (genitive suggestī); second declension

1. raised place, height, mound
2. platform, stage, tribune for a speaker

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	suggestum	suggesta
genitive	suggestī	suggestōrum
dative	suggestō	suggestīs
accusative	suggestum	suggesta
ablative	suggestō	suggestīs
vocative	suggestum	suggesta

References

• “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.