Latin

Noun

stagnum n ‎(genitive stagnī); second declension

1. pond, swamp, fen; any piece of standing water
2. (poetic) waters
3. (poetic) any pool or lake in general

   Stagnum ignis.

   A lake of fire.

4. Alternative form of stannum

Usage notes

Although often mentioned in dictionaries, the use of the spelling stagnum as a form of stannum ‎(“tin”) is unattested in Classical or Late Latin. It is perhaps a later Italianate respelling of that word.

Inflection

Second declension.

Coordinate terms

• lacus, palūs

Derived terms

• stagni incola (an inhabitant of lakes; a frog)

Descendants

• Catalan: estany
• French: étang
• Italian: stagno
• Occitan: estanh
• Spanish: estanque

References

• stagnum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stagnum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• STAGNUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “stagnum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • running water: aqua viva, profluens (opp. stagnum)