Esperanto

Noun

statuo ‎(accusative singular statuon, plural statuoj, accusative plural statuojn)

1. statue

Derived terms

• statua ‎(“of or related to statues”)
• statuarto ‎(“art of sculpting statues”)
• statueto ‎(“statuette”)

Latin

Etymology

From status ‎(“position”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.tu.oː/

Verb

statuō ‎(present infinitive statuere, perfect active statuī, supine statūtum); third conjugation

1. I set up, station (in an upright position)
2. I establish, determine, fix (the form or character of)
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 26.1

     huic generi militum senatus eundem, quem Cannensibus, finem statuerat militiae.

     For this class of soldier the senate had established a limit in duration to their military service, which was the same as the men at Cannae.

3. I erect
4. I hold up, stop, end
5. I decide, make up (my mind)

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• French: statuer
• Portuguese: estatuir
• Spanish: estatuir

References

• statuo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• statuo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “statuo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to inflict an exemplary punishment on some one: exemplum in aliquo or in aliquem statuere
    
  • to set a limit to a thing: modum facere, statuere, constituere alicui rei or alicuius rei
    
  • to limit one's expenditure: sumptibus modum statuere
    
  • to fix a price for a thing: pretium alicui rei statuere, constituere (Att. 13. 22)
    
• statute in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911