germanus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom germen (“sprout, bud”), perhaps for *germ(i)nānus. Not to be confused with the unrelated Germānus.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡerˈmaː.nus/, [ɡɛrˈmäːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒerˈma.nus/, [d͡ʒerˈmäːnus]
- Homophone: Germānus
Adjective
editgermānus (feminine germāna, neuter germānum, adverb germānē); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | germānus | germāna | germānum | germānī | germānae | germāna | |
Genitive | germānī | germānae | germānī | germānōrum | germānārum | germānōrum | |
Dative | germānō | germānō | germānīs | ||||
Accusative | germānum | germānam | germānum | germānōs | germānās | germāna | |
Ablative | germānō | germānā | germānō | germānīs | |||
Vocative | germāne | germāna | germānum | germānī | germānae | germāna |
Descendants
editNoun
editgermānus m (genitive germānī, feminine germāna); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | germānus | germānī |
Genitive | germānī | germānōrum |
Dative | germānō | germānīs |
Accusative | germānum | germānōs |
Ablative | germānō | germānīs |
Vocative | germāne | germānī |
Synonyms
editDescendants
edit- West Iberian
- Old Occitan:
- Catalan: germà
- Sardinian: germanu, ghermanu, grammanu, zermanu
- Venetian: zerman, xerman, đerman, darman, germàn
- → Italian: germano
- → Portuguese: germano
- → Spanish: germán, germano
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “germanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “germanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- germanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “germanus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary
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