English

Noun

statua ‎(plural statuas)

1. (now rare, archaic) A statue. [from 15th c.]
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, III.2.1.i:

     whilst he played, he put his ring upon the finger of Venus' statua, which was thereby, made in brass […].

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: statuas, statuât

Verb

statua

1. third-person singular past historic of statuer

Italian

statua

Etymology

From Latin statua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstatwa/

Noun

statua f ‎(plural statue)

1. statue

Hyponyms

• figura, monumento, scultura, simulacro

Related terms

• statuario

Anagrams

• astuta

Latin

statua Liviae Drusillae (statue of Livia Drusilla)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.tu.a/

Noun

statua f ‎(genitive statuae); first declension

1. a statue, especially one made of metal

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• (statue): imāgō, signum, simulācrum, effigiēs

Derived terms

• statuāria
• statuārius
• staticulum

Related terms

• statūmen
• statuō
• stō

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “statua”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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

From Latin statua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstatua], colloquially: [staˈtua]

Noun

statua f

1. statue

Declension