English

Noun

Sterno ‎(uncountable)

1. canned heat

Italian

Noun

sterno m ‎(plural sterni)

1. (anatomy) breastbone, sternum

Derived terms

• sternale

Anagrams

• nostre

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *stornō, from Proto-Indo-European *str̥-n-h₃-, n-infix present of the root *sterh₃-. Cognate with Sanskrit आस्तॄ ‎(āstṝ, “spread”), Avestan [script needed] ‎(stərənãti, “spread, extend”), Ancient Greek στόρνυμι ‎(stórnumi, “scatter”), στρατός ‎(stratós, “army, people, body of men”), Old English strewian (English strew), Old Norse strá.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈster.noː/

Verb

sternō ‎(present infinitive sternere, perfect active strāvī, supine strātum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) I spread, stretch out, spread out.
2. (transitive, rare) I calm, still, moderate.
3. (transitive) I cover, spread with, scatter with, bestrew with, besprinkle.
   1. (transitive, of a road, path) I pave, cover.
4. (transitive) I stretch on the ground, cast down, strike down, prostrate.
   • ca. 13th century, O Fortuna, lines 34-36

     Quod per sortem sternit fortem, mecum omnes plangite!

     Since fate strikes the strong man down, everyone, weep with me!

   1. (transitive, by extension) I knock to the ground, demolish, raze, level, flatten.

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• Friulian: stierni
• Italian: sternere

References

• sterno in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sterno in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sterno”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to pave a road: viam sternere (silice, saxo)
    
  • to saddle a horse: sternere equum
    
  • (ambiguous) to prostrate oneself before a person: ad pedes alicuius iacēre, stratum esse (stratum iacēre)
    
• Andrew L. Sihler (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press

Old High German

Alternative forms

• sterro

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sternô, *sternǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Compare Old Saxon sterro, Old Frisian stēra, Old English steorra, Old Norse stjarna, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 ‎(stairnō).

Noun

sterno m

1. star

Descendants

• Middle High German: stërne, stërre, stërn
  • German: Stern
• Mòcheno: stern