suggestum

English

Etymology

From Latin suggestum, from suggerō (“to put under”).

Noun

suggestum (plural suggestums or suggesta)

  1. (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

  1. raised place, height, mound
  2. platform, stage, tribune for a speaker

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative suggestum suggesta
genitive suggestī suggestōrum
dative suggestō suggestīs
accusative suggestum suggesta
ablative suggestō suggestīs
vocative suggestum suggesta

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.
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