statua
See also: stàtua
English
Etymology
From Latin statua.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstatʃʊə/, /ˈstatjʊə/
Noun
statua (plural statuas)
- (now rare, archaic) A statue. [from 15th c.]
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970, partition III, section 2, member 1, subsection i:
- whilst he played, he put his ring upon the finger of Venus' statua, which was thereby, made in brass […]
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Corsican
Noun
statua f (plural statue)
- statue
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Homophones: statuas, statuât
Verb
statua
- third-person singular past historic of statuer
Italian
statua
Etymology
From Latin statua.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsta.tu.a/[1]
- Rhymes: -atua
- Hyphenation: stà‧tu‧a
Noun
statua f (plural statue)
- statue
Hyponyms
- figura, monumento, scultura, simulacro
Related terms
- statuario
References
- statua in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
- astuta
Latin
statua Liviae Drusillae (statue of Livia Drusilla)
Etymology
From statuō (“I erect, set up, cause to stand”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsta.tu.a/, [ˈs̠t̪ät̪uä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsta.tu.a/, [ˈst̪äːt̪uä]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Noun
statua f (genitive statuae); first declension
- a statue, especially one made of metal
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | statua | statuae |
| Genitive | statuae | statuārum |
| Dative | statuae | statuīs |
| Accusative | statuam | statuās |
| Ablative | statuā | statuīs |
| Vocative | statua | statuae |
Synonyms
- (statue): imāgō, signum, simulācrum, effigiēs
Derived terms
- statuāria
- statuārius
- staticulum
Related terms
- statūmen
- statuō
- stō
Descendants
- Asturian: estatua
- Catalan: estàtua
- Corsican: statua
- Galician: estatua
- Italian: statua
- Occitan: estatua
- → Old French: statue
- → English: statue
- French: statue
- Portuguese: estátua
- Romanian: statuie, statuă
- Russian: статуя (statuja)
- Sicilian: stàtua
- Spanish: estatua
References
- “statua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “statua”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- statua 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)
- statua in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to set up a statue in some one's honour: statuam alicui ponere, constituere
- to put an inscription on statues: statuas inscribere (Verr. 2. 69. 167)
- to set up a statue in some one's honour: statuam alicui ponere, constituere
- “statua”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin statua.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /staˈtu.a/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ua
- Syllabification: sta‧tu‧a
Noun
statua f
- statue
- Synonym: posąg
Declension
Declension of statua
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | statua | statuy |
| genitive | statui/statuy | statui |
| dative | statui | statuom |
| accusative | statuę | statuy |
| instrumental | statuą | statuami |
| locative | statui | statuach |
| vocative | statuo | statuy |
Related terms
- statuetka
Further reading
- statua in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- statua in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French statuer.
Verb
a statua (third-person singular present statuează, past participle statuat) 1st conj.
- to rule, to determine (through a law or statute)
Conjugation
conjugation of statua (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
| infinitive | a statua | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | statuând | ||||||
| past participle | statuat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | statuez | statuezi | statuează | statuăm | statuați | statuează | |
| imperfect | statuam | statuai | statua | statuam | statuați | statuau | |
| simple perfect | statuai | statuași | statuă | statuarăm | statuarăți | statuară | |
| pluperfect | statuasem | statuaseși | statuase | statuaserăm | statuaserăți | statuaseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să statuez | să statuezi | să statueze | să statuăm | să statuați | să statueze | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | statuează | statuați | |||||
| negative | nu statua | nu statuați | |||||