sternō

sternō uit.-lat.

From Proto-Italic *stornō, from Proto-Indo-European *str̥-n-h₃-, n-infix present of the root *sterh₃- (“to spread, extend”). Cognate with Sanskrit आस्तॄ (āstṝ, “spread”), Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌 (stər^ənāⁱti, “spread, extend”), Ancient Greek στόρνυμι (stórnumi, “scatter”), στρατός (stratós, “army, people, body of men”), Old Church Slavonic прострѣти (prostrěti, “stretch, expand”), просторъ(prostorŭ, “spaciousness”), Old English strewian (English strew), Old Norse strá.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈster.noː/, [ˈs̠t̪ɛrnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈster.no/, [ˈst̪ɛrno]

Verb

sternō (present infinitive sternere, perfect active strāvī, supine strātum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to spread, stretch out, spread out [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: cōnfundō, effundō, fundō, diffundō, dēfundō, differō, indūcō, dissipō

2. (transitive, rare) to calm, still, moderate
3. (transitive) to cover, spread with, scatter with, bestrew with, besprinkle
4. (transitive, of a road, path) to pave, cover
5. (transitive) to stretch on the ground, throw to the ground, cast down, strike down, prostrate [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: prōsternō, fundō, prōflīgō, impellō, ruō, subvertō, pervertō, ēvertō, dēturbō, versō, afflīgō

6. to overthrow [ synonyms ▲][ quotations ▼]

   Synonyms: prōflīgō, impellō, subvertō, fundō, pervertō, ēvertō, dēturbō, prōsternō, afflīgō, dissipō, vertō, versō

7. (transitive, by extension) to knock to the ground, demolish, raze, level, flatten [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: assolō, adaequō, aequō, pariō