stamen
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Noun edit
stamen (plural stamens or stamina)
- (botany) In flowering plants, the structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament.
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Translations edit
A flower part that produces pollen
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *stāmen, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂mn̥, from *steh₂- (“stand”), whence also stō and sistō. Cognate with Sanskrit स्थामन् (sthā́man, “place; strength”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌼𐌰 (stōma), Ancient Greek στῆμα (stêma), used by Hesychius for a part of a plant. Equivalent to stō (“I stand”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstaː.men/, [ˈs̠t̪äːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsta.men/, [ˈst̪äːmen]
Noun edit
stāmen n (genitive stāminis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | stāmen | stāmina |
Genitive | stāminis | stāminum |
Dative | stāminī | stāminibus |
Accusative | stāmen | stāmina |
Ablative | stāmine | stāminibus |
Vocative | stāmen | stāmina |
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Descendants edit
- Catalan: estam
- English: stamen, stamina
- French: étaim, étamine
- Italian: stame
- Portuguese: estame, estâmina (via English)
- Spanish: estambre
References edit
- “stamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “stamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stamen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- stamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “stamen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From the noun Stamm (“stem, trunk”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
stamen (third-person singular present staamt, past participle gestaamt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (intransitive) to descend, to derive
Conjugation edit
Regular | ||
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infinitive | stamen | |
participle | gestaamt | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | stamen | — |
2nd singular | staams | stam |
3rd singular | staamt | — |
1st plural | stamen | — |
2nd plural | staamt | staamt |
3rd plural | stamen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |