sternumentum

== Latin == === Etymology === From sternuō (“sneeze”) + -mentum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [stɛr.nuːˈmɛn.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ster.nuˈmɛn.tum] === Noun === sternūmentum n (genitive sternūmentī); second declension A sneezing; sneeze. A means of provoking sneezing; sneezing-powder. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Synonyms ==== (sneezing): sternūtāmentum, sternūtātiō === References === “sternumentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “sternumentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “sternumentum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.