stabilimentum

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English

A stabilimentum

Etymology

Latin

Noun

stabilimentum (plural stabilimenta)

  1. A particular web structure made by some spiders.
    • 1912, John Henry Comstock, The Spider Book: A Manual for the Study of the Spiders and Their Near Relatives, the Scorpions, Pseudoscorpions, Whip-scorpions, Harvestmen, and Other Members of the Class Arachnida:
      The stabilimentum of Cyclosa differs greatly from that of a garden spider. It often consists largely of the remains of the insects that the spider has destroyed fastened together and in place with threads of silk.

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From stabilio +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

Noun

stabilīmentum n (genitive stabilīmentī); second declension

  1. stay, support, stabiliment

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative stabilīmentum stabilīmenta
genitive stabilīmentī stabilīmentōrum
dative stabilīmentō stabilīmentīs
accusative stabilīmentum stabilīmenta
ablative stabilīmentō stabilīmentīs
vocative stabilīmentum stabilīmenta

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