status

status

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.tus/, [ˈs̠t̪ät̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.tus/, [ˈst̪äːt̪us]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of sistō (“I cause to stand, set, place”) in its causative meaning.

Participle

status (feminine stata, neuter statum, adverb statim); first/second-declension participle

1. fixed, set, having been set
2. regular

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	status	stata	statum		statī	statae	stata
Genitive	statī	statae	statī		statōrum	statārum	statōrum
Dative	statō		statō		statīs
Accusative	statum	statam	statum		statōs	statās	stata
Ablative	statō	statā	statō		statīs
Vocative	state	stata	statum		statī	statae	stata

Etymology 2

From stō.

Noun

status m (genitive statūs); fourth declension

1. state, status, condition
2. position, place
3. rank, status
4. (New Latin) state (a political division retaining a notable degree of autonomy)

   Status Papae ― The Papal States, the name of the former territory controlled by the Pope in Italy

   Status Ecclēsiasticus ― The Papal State, an alternative name of the former territory controlled by the Pope in Italy

   Status Pontificus ― The Papal State, yet another alternative name of the former territory controlled by the Pope in Italy

   Statūs Ūnītī Americae ― A New Latin translation of the United States; cf. Cīvitātēs Foederātae Americae.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	status	statūs
Genitive	statūs	statuum
Dative	statuī	statibus
Accusative	statum	statūs
Ablative	statū	statibus
Vocative	status	statūs