statera

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στατήρ (statḗr), from ἵστημι (hístēmi).

Noun

statēra f (genitive statērae); first declension

  1. steelyard, balance, scales
  2. value
  3. grade

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

  • Dalmatian: stataira
  • French: statère
  • Italian: stadera
  • Spanish: estatera

References

  • statera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • statera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • statera 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)
  • statera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • statera”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • statera”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin