statuo

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”). Given Umbrian 𐌔𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌉𐌕𐌀 (statita, past part. acc. pl. n.), one can even reconstruct Proto-Italic *statuō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.tu.oː/, [ˈs̠t̪ät̪uoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.tu.o/, [ˈst̪äːt̪uo]

Verb

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

1. to set up, station (in an upright position)
2. to establish, determine, fix (the form or character of)
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 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. to erect
4. to hold up, stop, end
5. to decide, make up (one's mind)

Conjugation

Conjugation of statuō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	statuō	statuis	statuit	statuimus	statuitis	statuunt
	imperfect	statuēbam	statuēbās	statuēbat	statuēbāmus	statuēbātis	statuēbant
	future	statuam	statuēs	statuet	statuēmus	statuētis	statuent
	perfect	statuī	statuistī	statuit	statuimus	statuistis	statuērunt, statuēre
	pluperfect	statueram	statuerās	statuerat	statuerāmus	statuerātis	statuerant
	future perfect	statuerō	statueris	statuerit	statuerimus	statueritis	statuerint
passive	present	statuor	statueris, statuere	statuitur	statuimur	statuiminī	statuuntur
	imperfect	statuēbar	statuēbāris, statuēbāre	statuēbātur	statuēbāmur	statuēbāminī	statuēbantur
	future	statuar	statuēris, statuēre	statuētur	statuēmur	statuēminī	statuentur
	perfect	statūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	statūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	statūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	statuam	statuās	statuat	statuāmus	statuātis	statuant
	imperfect	statuerem	statuerēs	statueret	statuerēmus	statuerētis	statuerent
	perfect	statuerim	statuerīs	statuerit	statuerīmus	statuerītis	statuerint
	pluperfect	statuissem	statuissēs	statuisset	statuissēmus	statuissētis	statuissent
passive	present	statuar	statuāris, statuāre	statuātur	statuāmur	statuāminī	statuantur
	imperfect	statuerer	statuerēris, statuerēre	statuerētur	statuerēmur	statuerēminī	statuerentur
	perfect	statūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	statūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	statue	—	—	statuite	—
	future	—	statuitō	statuitō	—	statuitōte	statuuntō
passive	present	—	statuere	—	—	statuiminī	—
	future	—	statuitor	statuitor	—	—	statuuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		statuere	statuisse	statūtūrum esse	statuī	statūtum esse	statūtum īrī
participles		statuēns	—	statūtūrus	—	statūtus	statuendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		statuendī	statuendō	statuendum	statuendō	statūtum	statūtū

Synonyms

• (set): pono, collocō, locō, sisto, figo, constituo, struō, defigo, impono
• (build): aedificō, exaedificō, inaedificō, struō, cōnstruō, condō, compōnō, fundō, exstruō, cōnstituō, mōlior
• (decide): cōnstituō, parō, dēcernō, cernō, placeō

Derived terms

• astituō
• constituō
• dēstituō
• instituō
• praestituō
• prōstituō
• restituō
• statua
• statūtiō
• statūtus
• substituō

 

Descendants

• → English: statue
• French: statuer
• Italian: statuire
• Portuguese: estatuir
• Romanian: statua
• Sicilian: statuiri
• 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
• statuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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 […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.