sterni

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sternō (“I spread, stretch out, spread out”). Compare Italian sternere, Friulian stierni.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -erni
  • Hyphenation: ster‧ni

Verb

sterni (present sternas, past sternis, future sternos, conditional sternus, volitive sternu)

  1. (transitive) to spread out, to stretch out, to extend (in horizontal direction)
    Synonyms: kuŝigi, etendi
    Coordinate terms: malvolvi, elvolvi
    La aglo sternis siajn flugilojn kaj komencis flugi al sia nesto.
    The eagle spread out its wings and began to fly toward its eyrie.
    La knabineto sternis la brakojn por brakumi min.
    The little girl stretched out her arms to hug me.
    • 1907, Kabe, chapter 24, in La Faraono, part 2, Hachette, translation of Faraon by Bolesław Prus:
      Ĉe la subiro de la suno la vojaĝantoj venis al alta monteto, de kies supro sin sternis antaŭ ili eksterordinara pentraĵo.
      With the sunrise, the travelers arrived at a high hill, from the top of which an extraordinary painting spread in front of them.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sterni
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense sternas sternis sternos
active participle sternanta sternantaj sterninta sternintaj sternonta sternontaj
acc. sternantan sternantajn sternintan sternintajn sternontan sternontajn
passive participle sternata sternataj sternita sternitaj sternota sternotaj
acc. sternatan sternatajn sternitan sternitajn sternotan sternotajn
nominal active participle sternanto sternantoj sterninto sternintoj sternonto sternontoj
acc. sternanton sternantojn sterninton sternintojn sternonton sternontojn
nominal passive participle sternato sternatoj sternito sternitoj sternoto sternotoj
acc. sternaton sternatojn sterniton sternitojn sternoton sternotojn
adverbial active participle sternante sterninte sternonte
adverbial passive participle sternate sternite sternote
infinitive sterni imperative sternu conditional sternus

Derived terms

Italian

Noun

sterni m

  1. plural of sterno

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

sternī

  1. present passive infinitive of sternō
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