staticulum

staticulum

Latin

Etymology

From statua +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /staˈti.ku.lum/, [s̠t̪äˈt̪ɪkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /staˈti.ku.lum/, [st̪äˈt̪iːkulum]

Noun

staticulum n (genitive staticulī); second declension

1. a little statue or image, a statuette

   Synonyms: statunculum, sigillum

   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 34.163:

     quae iam luxuria ad aurea quoque, non modo argentea, staticula pervenit

     a luxurious practice that has now got to using not only silver but even gold statuettes

   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.140:

     etiam pateras, staticula, equorum ornamenta inde medicisque coticulas faciunt

     and from them also are made dishes, statuettes, horse-trappings and small mortars for the use of pharmacists

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	staticulum	staticula
Genitive	staticulī	staticulōrum
Dative	staticulō	staticulīs
Accusative	staticulum	staticula
Ablative	staticulō	staticulīs
Vocative	staticulum	staticula

References

• “staticulum”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• staticulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette