stabilimentum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stabilīmentum.

Noun

stabilimentum (plural stabilimenta)

1. A particular web structure made by some spiders.
   • 1912, John Henry Comstock, The Spider Book: A Manual for the Study of the Spiders and Their Near Relatives, the Scorpions, Pseudoscorpions, Whip-scorpions, Harvestmen, and Other Members of the Class Arachnida:

     The stabilimentum of Cyclosa differs greatly from that of a garden spider. It often consists largely of the remains of the insects that the spider has destroyed fastened together and in place with threads of silk.

Further reading

• Web decoration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From stabilio +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sta.bɪ.liːˈmɛn.tũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [sta.bi.liˈmɛn.tum]

Noun

stabilīmentum n (genitive stabilīmentī); second declension

1. stay, support, stabiliment

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	stabilīmentum	stabilīmenta
genitive	stabilīmentī	stabilīmentōrum
dative	stabilīmentō	stabilīmentīs
accusative	stabilīmentum	stabilīmenta
ablative	stabilīmentō	stabilīmentīs
vocative	stabilīmentum	stabilīmenta

References

• “stabilimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "stabilimentum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “stabilimentum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.