statua

See also: stàtua

English

Etymology

From Latin statua. Doublet of statue.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstatʃʊə/, /ˈstatjʊə/

Noun

statua (plural statuas or statuae)

  1. (now rare, archaic) A statue. [from 15th c.]
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: [] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, 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  []

Corsican

Noun

statua f (plural statue)

  1. statue

French

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophones: statuas, statuât

Verb

statua

  1. third-person singular past historic of statuer

Italian

Etymology

From Latin statua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsta.tu.a/[1]
  • Rhymes: -atua
  • Hyphenation: stà‧tu‧a
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

statua f (plural statue, diminutive statuétta or statuina)

  1. statue

Hyponyms

References

  1. ^ statua in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • statua in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • statua in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From statuō (I erect, set up, cause to stand).

Pronunciation

Noun

statua f (genitive statuae); first declension

  1. a statue, especially one made of metal

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative statua statuae
genitive statuae statuārum
dative statuae statuīs
accusative statuam statuās
ablative statuā statuīs
vocative statua statuae

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

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[1], 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)
  • statua”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin statua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /staˈtu.a/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ua
  • Syllabification: sta‧tu‧a

Noun

statua f

  1. (sculpture) statue (three-dimensional work of art)
    Synonym: posąg

Declension

Further reading

  • statua in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • statua in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French statuer.

Verb

a statua (third-person singular present statuează, past participle statuat) 1st conjugation

  1. to rule, to determine (through a law or statute)

Conjugation