stagno

1.

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

I.

Neutr.

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.—

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.—

II.

Act.

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.—

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].

I.

Lit., to overlay or plate with stannum (post-class.), Plin. Val. 1, 31 med.; 3, 4 med. —

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.