sterni

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sternō (I spread, stretch out, spread out). Compare Italian sternere, Friulian stierni.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsterni]
  • Rhymes: -erni
  • Hyphenation: ster‧ni

Verb

sterni (present sternas, past sternis, future sternos, conditional sternus, volitive sternu)

  1. to spread, to stretch out (in horizontal direction)
    • 1907, Kabe, chapter 24, in La Faraono, part 2, Hachette, translation of Faraon by Bolesław Prus:
      Ĉe la subiro de la suno la vojaĝantoj venis al alta monteto, de kies supro sin sternis antaŭ ili eksterordinara pentraĵo.
      With the sunrise, the travelers arrived at a high hill, from the top of which an extraordinary painting spread in front of them.

Conjugation


Italian

Noun

sterni m

  1. plural of sterno

Anagrams


Latin

Verb

sternī

  1. present passive infinitive of sternō
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