legumen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin legūmen. Doublet of legume.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɪˈɡjuːmən/
Rhymes: -uːmən

Noun

legumen (plural legumens or legumina)

Dated form of legume.

References

“legumen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly connected to legere (“to gather”)^[1] because they can be scooped up in the hand. The second element appears to be the common noun-forming suffix -men, but the connecting -ū- is unexplained. Alternatively, a loanword from some other language, but no cognates have been identified.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /leˈɡuː.men/, [ɫ̪ɛˈɡuːmɛn]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈɡu.men/, [leˈɡuːmen]

Noun

legūmen n (genitive legūminis); third declension

pulse, legume (leguminous plant)
bean (plant)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	legūmen	legūmina
Genitive	legūminis	legūminum
Dative	legūminī	legūminibus
Accusative	legūmen	legūmina
Ablative	legūmine	legūminibus
Vocative	legūmen	legūmina

Descendants

Catalan: llegum
→ English: legumen (learned)
→ French: légume
- → English: legume
- → Esperanto: legomo
Friulian: liùm
Galician: legume
Italian: legume
Occitan: legum
Old French: legun, leun
Portuguese: legume
Romanian: legumă
Sicilian: lijumi
Spanish: legumbre
Venetian: legùmo

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “legō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 332

“legumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“legumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
legumen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin legumen.

Noun

legumen n (plural legumene)

legume (The fruit or seed of leguminous plants)

Declension

Declension of legumen

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) legumen	legumenul	(niște) legumene	legumenele
genitive/dative	(unui) legumen	legumenului	(unor) legumene	legumenelor
vocative	legumenule		legumenelor

References

legumen in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “legō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 332

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