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. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • staticulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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