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English
Etymology
From Latin suggestum, from suggerō (“to put under”).
Noun
suggestum (plural suggestums or suggesta)
- (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
Noun
suggestum n (genitive suggestī); second declension
- raised place, height, mound
- platform, stage, tribune for a speaker
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
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.