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Stadia
Stadia
See also: stadia
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsta.di.a/
Proper noun
Stadia f (genitive Stadiae); first declension
- an ancient name of the town of Cnidus in Caria (Knidos, south-western Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey)
Declension
First declension, with locative.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Stadia |
| genitive | Stadiae |
| dative | Stadiae |
| accusative | Stadiam |
| ablative | Stadiā |
| vocative | Stadia |
| locative | Stadiae |
References
- Stadia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Stădĭa”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,473/1.
stadia
stadia
See also: Stadia
English
Noun
A surveyors' stadia or level staff
stadia sg & pl
- (surveying) A level staff or graduated rod used by surveyors to measure differences in level, or to measure horizontal distances by sighting the stadia hairs (graduations) through a telescope.
- (military) (historically) A graduated brass triangle used to measure the distance of a target by comparison of the graduations with the heights of soldiers or horses.
- plural form of stadion
- plural form of stadium
Usage notes
- For clarification of which plural form of stadium is considered appropriate in a given context, see the usage note at the entry for stadium.
Synonyms
- (plural of stadium): stadiums
Latin
Noun
stadia
References
- STADIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)