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1. stagno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [id.].

  1. I. Neutr.
    1. A. Lit., to form a pool of standing water, to stagnate, be stagnant (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.; cf. redundo): stagnans Nilus, Verg. G. 4, 288: ubi mollius solum reperit (Indus) stagnat insulasque molitur, Curt. 8, 9, 7: nam flumen, quo latius fusum est, hoc placidius stagnat, id. 9, 2, 17: aquae stagnantes, id. 8, 13, 9: stagnantibus undis, Sil. 5, 95: Nili aquae, ubi evagatae stagnant, Plin. 13, 11, 22, § 71; 31, 3, 21, § 31: stagnante Pado, Luc. 4, 134.
    2. B. Transf., of places which lie under water, to be overflowed or inundated: moenia oppidi stagnabant redundantibus cloacis, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 138, 7: paludibus orbis, Ov. M. 1, 324: ripae, Sil. 10, 89: terra caede, id. 6, 36: solum, Plin. 17, 26, 40, § 249: regna sanguine, Sil. 12, 43.
      Subst.: stagnantĭa, ium, n., inundated places: terrae motus fervens in umidis, fluctuans in stagnantibus, Plin. 2, 80, 82, § 193.
  2. II. Act.
    1. A. Lit., to cause to stand, to make stagnant: quo (bitumine) aqua omnis (Maris Mortui) stagnatur, Just. 36, 3, 7: Cecropio stagnata luto, Stat. S. 3, 20, 110.
    2. B. Transf., to cover with water, to overflow, inundate a place: Tiberis plana Urbis stagnaverat, Tac. A. 1, 76: (loca) stagnata paludibus ument, Ov. M. 15, 269; Col. poët. 10, 11.

2. stagno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [stagnum = stannum; cf. stagneus, s. v. stanneus].

  1. I. Lit., to overlay or plate with stannum (post-class.), Plin. Val. 1, 31 med.; 3, 4 med.
  2. II. Trop., to make fast, strengthen, fortify: se adversus insidias, Just. 37, 2, 6: potionibus stagnata animalia, strengthened, invigorated, Veg. 1, 18 fin.; 3, 2, 5.

1. stagnum, i, n. [cf. Gr. τέναγος = vadum].

  1. I. Lit., a piece of standing water (whether permanent or formed by the overflowing of a stream], a pool, pond, swamp, fen, etc. (cf.: lacus, palus): propter stagna, ubi lanigerum pecus piscibus pascit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 59 Müll. (Sat. v. 42 Vahl.): super ripas Tiberis effusus lenibus stagnis, Liv. 1, 4, 4; cf. Varr. ap. Non. 217, 2 (as an example for stativae aquae); Cic. poët. Div. 1, 9; Auct. ap. Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7; Tib. 1, 3, 77; Verg. A. 6, 323: undique latius Extenta Lucrino Stagna lacu, Hor. C. 2, 15, 4: immensa stagna lacusque, Ov. M. 1, 38; Liv. 26, 48, 4 al.
  2. II. Poet., transf., waters in gen.: hiemem sensit Neptunus et imis Stagna refusa vadis. Verg. A. 1, 126: Nerei Stagna, id. ib. 10, 764: rubri stagna profundi, Luc. 8, 853; cf. Sil. 7, 282: stagna tepentis aquae, Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 2: Phrixeae stagna sororis, i. e. the Hellespont, Ov. F. 4, 278: Euripi, id. P. 1, 8, 38: stagnum ignis, a lake of fire, Vulg. Apoc. 19, 20; 20, 10.

stannum (perh. also stagnum; hence 2. stagno and stagneus, v. stanneus), i, n.,

  1. I. an alloy of silver and lead, Plin. 34, 16, 47, § 159; 33, 9, 45, § 130; Suet. Vit. 5 fin.
  2. II. Tin (late Lat. for plumbum album or candidum), Hier. in Zach. 1, 4, 10; Isid. Orig. 16, 22.