LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

stadium

stadium n (genitive stadiī or stadī)
Classical[ˈsta.di.ũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈstaː.di.um]

Meaning

  1. neuterstade (distance of 125 paces)
  2. neuterracecourse (athletics)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativestadiumstadia
genitivestadiī
stadī		stadiōrum
dativestadiōstadiīs
accusativestadiumstadia
ablativestadiōstadiīs
vocativestadiumstadia

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

stadium currere (Off. 3. 10. 42)
to run a foot-race.

stădĭum, ii, n. (
I. masc. collat. form, acc. plur. stadios, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15 med.; gen. plur. usu. stadium; but stadiorum, Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 247; 4, 1, 2, § 5; 4, 12, 24, § 75), = στάδιον.
I. In gen., a stade, stadium, a distance of 125 paces, or 625 Roman feet, equal to 606 feet 9 inches English; it was an eighth part of a milliarium, or somewhat less than an eighth of an English mile, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 85; Col. 5, 1, 6; Censor. de Die Nat. 13; Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1; id. Ac. 2, 31, 100; id. Fam. 16, 2; Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 496, 1; Plin. 2, 21, 19, § 83; 2, 108, 112, § 247.—
II. In partic., a racecourse for foot - racing, of a stadium in length (among the Greeks): qui stadium currit, Cic. Off. 3, 10, 42: ut in stadio cursores exclamant, id. Tusc. 2, 23, 56; cf. Suet. Dom. 5; Eutr. 7, 15.—
B. Trop., a contest, = contentio (perh. only in the foll. passages): in stadium artis rhetoricae prodire, Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4: in stadio laudis versari, Rutil. Lup. 2, p. 77 (p. 139 Frotscher; but in Cic. Brut. 64, 230, the correct read. is in studio laudis).

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der. Ancient Greek στάδιος (stádios)? Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion)bor. Latin stadium Borrowed from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion).

Elsewhere
  • Catalanestadi
  • Englishstadium
  • Frenchstade
  • Englishstadefrom French stade
  • Romanianstadiufrom French stade
  • GermanStadium
  • Italianstadio
  • Portugueseestádio
  • Spanishestadio
  • Albanianstadium
Italo-Romance
  • Italianstaggio
  • Italianstazza
  • Venetanstaza
Gallo-Romance
  • Old Frenchestage

In English words that came into English from stadium

  • stadiumstadium
  • stadestadium
  • stadialstadiālis
  • estadiostadium

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesStadiumStadium (στάδιον, pl. in prose most often στάδιοι Doric σπάδιον; cf. Lat. spatium). 1. The foot-race course at Olympia and the other places in Greece …

Quick answers

What does stadium mean in Latin?
stadium, a noun, means “stade (distance of 125 paces); racecourse (athletics)”.
What is the genitive of stadium?
The genitive singular is stadiī. stadium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce stadium?
In classical Latin, [ˈsta.di.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈstaː.di.um].
Which English words come from stadium?
English words that go back to Latin stadium include stadium, stade, estadio and stadial.