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(verb) : stagno, āvi, ātum, 1, and
* A. [id.].
* Neutr.
* 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.
* Act.
* 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
(verb) : stagno, āvi, ātum, 1, stagnum = stannum; cf. stagneus, s. v. stanneus.
* Lit., to overlay or plate with stannum (post-class.), Plin. Val. 1, 31 med.; 3, 4 med.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary