sternumentum
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Latin > English
sternumentum sternumenti N N :: sneeze; sneezing powder
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sternūmentum: i, n. sternuo,
I a sneezing (class.; but cf. sternutamentum).
I Lit., Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84; Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 24; 21, 22, 93, § 163; 25, 5, 21, § 52; 28, 6, 15, § 57; Gell. 12, 5, 11; Cels. 3, 20; 8, 4; 8, 9.—
II Transf., a means of provoking sneezing, sneezing-powder, Cels. 6, 7, 9; Plin. 25, 11, 86, § 135; 25, 13, 109, § 173.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sternūmentum,¹⁵ ī, n. (sternuo),
1 éternuement : Cic. Div. 2, 84 ; Plin. 2, 24
2 un sternutatoire : Plin. 25, 135.
Latin > German (Georges)
sternūmentum, ī, n. (sternuo), I) das Niesen, Sing. u. Plur., Cic., Cels. u.a.; vgl. sternutamentum a.E. – II) meton., das Niesmittel, Niespulver, Cels. 6, 7. no. 9 (nach cod. Med.). Plin. 25, 135 u. 173.
