sternumentum

Latin

Etymology

From sternuō (“sneeze”) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ster.nuːˈmen.tum/, [s̠t̪ɛrnuːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ster.nuˈmen.tum/, [st̪ernuˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

sternūmentum n (genitive sternūmentī); second declension

A sneezing; sneeze.
A means of provoking sneezing; sneezing-powder.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	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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