noun · neutersecond declension
staticulum
staticulum n (genitive staticulī)
Classical[staˈtɪ.kʊ.ɫũː]Ecclesiastical[staˈtiː.ku.lum]
Meaning
- neutera little statue or image, a statuette
quae iam luxuria ad aurea quoque, non modo argentea, staticula pervenit
a luxurious practice that has now got to using not only silver but even gold statuettes77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 34.163etiam pateras, staticula, equorum ornamenta inde medicisque coticulas faciunt
and from them also are made dishes, statuettes, horse-trappings and small mortars for the use of pharmacists77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 37.140
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | staticulum | staticula |
| genitive | staticulī | staticulōrum |
| dative | staticulō | staticulīs |
| accusative | staticulum | staticula |
| ablative | staticulō | staticulīs |
| vocative | staticulum | staticula |
stătĭcŭlum, i, n. statua.
I. A little statue or image, a statuette, Plin. 34, 17, 48, § 163; 37, 10, 54, § 140.—
II. Of images of the gods, idols, as a transl. of the Heb. , Tert. adv. Gnost. 2 ex Deut. 12, 3; id. ib. fin. ex Lev. 26, 1.
Origins
Apparently an irregularly formed diminutive from statua (“statue”) + -culum (diminutive suffix) (with an unexpected change in gender from feminine to neuter, also found in the synonymous statunculum), from statuō (“to erect”), from status (“position, place”), ultimately from the root of sistō (“stand”). Alternatively, derived from the same root by means of the instrument noun suffix -culum, as in operculum (“covering”).