sternumentum

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Latin

Etymology

From sternuō (“sneeze”) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ster.nuːˈmen.tum/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ster.nuˈmen.tum/,

Noun

sternūmentum n (genitive sternūmentī); second declension

A sneezing; sneeze.
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.

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