stamen, staminis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 2nd
- Frequency:
- Lesser
warp (in the loom); thread (on distaff); thread of life spun by the Fates;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | stamen | stamina |
| Gen. | staminis | staminum, staminium |
| Dat. | stamini | staminibus |
| Acc. | stamen | stamina |
| Voc. | stamen | stamina |
| Abl. | stamine | staminibus |
Examples
- L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...solutoque ducantur, deinde quemadmodum tela suspensis ponderibus rectum stamen extendat, quemadmodum subtemen insertum, quod duritiam utrimque conprimentis tramae..." - L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...amore captus ad leues sedit colos, tenerum feroci stamen intorquens manu. nempe illa ceruix spolia deposuit ferae crinemque..." - P
Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...geminas intendunt stamine telas: tela iugo vincta est, stamen secernit harundo, inseritur medium radiis subtemen acutis, quod digiti..."