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Stabat Mater [L], lit., the Mother was standing; Latin hymn, or its
musical setting, inspired by the sufferings of the Holy Mother at the
Crucifixion.
staccato [It], detached; disconnected (opposite of legato): music.
Stadt [Ger; pi. Städte], town; city.
Staffage [Ger], figures in a landscape; subordinate additions in a work
of art; decorative accessories.
staffetta [It], courier; express messenger.
stakhanovite [fr. Russ], a worker who exceeds production norms: fr.
Alexei G. Stakhanov, a Russian miner.
stanitza or stanitsa [Russ], herd; flock; Cossack village.
stans pede in uno [L], standing on one foot (i.e., standing in an oratorical
position with the weight on one foot): Horace.
stare super antiquas vias [L], to stand on the old paths.
starets [Russ; pi. startsy], a holy man; spiritual adviser.
state zitto [It], be quiet; hold your tongue.
stat fortuna domus virtute [L], the fortune of the house stands by its
virtue.
statim [L], immediately; at once.
stat magni nominis umbra [L], he stands, the shadow of a great name.
stat promissa fides [L], the promised faith remains.
stat pro ratione voluntas [L], will stands for reason.
status quo or status in quo [L], the state in which (anything is); existing
conditions; unchanged position.
status quo ante bellum [L], the state (condition) existing before the
war.
sta, viator, heroem calcas [L], stop, traveler, you tread on a hero's dust.
stemmata quid faciunt [L], what do pedigrees avail? what is the use of
long pedigrees?: Juvenal.
steppe [Russ step'], great grassy plain.
στέρ7€ΐ -yàp ουδείς ori^ikov κακών επών [Gr; stérgei gàr oudeìs ággelon
kakôn epôn], no one loves the bearer of bad news: Sophocles.
stesso [It], the same: music.
stet [L], let it stand: editors mark.
stet fortuna domus! [L], may the fortune of the house endure!
stet pro ratione voluntas [L], let my will stand as a reason.
stets ist die Sprache keeker als die Tat [Ger], speech is even bolder
than deed.
Steuer [Ger; pi. Steuern], tax; rate; impost; duty.
stiacciato [It], very low relief, as on coins: sculp.
stille Woche [Ger], Passion Week.
stinguendo [It], dying away: music.
stoep [Du], covered porch or veranda; stoop: South Africa.
stoomboot [Du; pi. stoombooten], steamer; steamboat.
Storting [Norw], Norwegian legislature.