"germen" meaning in Latin

See germen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡer.men/ [Classical], [ˈɡɛrmɛn] [Classical], /ˈd͡ʒer.men/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈd͡ʒɛrmen] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From earlier *genmen via dissimilation, from Proto-Italic *genamen, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥ (“offspring”, “seed”), from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”, “to give birth”). Equivalent to gignō (“I beget”) + -men (noun-forming suffix). Compare with genimen. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*genamen}} Proto-Italic *genamen, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*ǵénh₁mn̥|t=offspring”, “seed}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥ (“offspring”, “seed”), {{m|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-||to beget”, “to give birth}} *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”, “to give birth”), {{suffix|la|gignō|-men|pos2=noun-forming suffix|t1=I beget}} gignō (“I beget”) + -men (noun-forming suffix), {{m|la|genimen}} genimen Head templates: {{la-noun|germen<3>}} germen n (genitive germinis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|germen<3>}} Forms: germinis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], germen [nominative, singular], germina [nominative, plural], germinis [genitive, singular], germinum [genitive, plural], germinī [dative, singular], germinibus [dative, plural], germen [accusative, singular], germina [accusative, plural], germine [ablative, singular], germinibus [ablative, plural], germen [singular, vocative], germina [plural, vocative]
  1. shoot, sprout, bud Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-germen-la-noun-QQn3xnw8
  2. germ, seed, origin Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-germen-la-noun-NdfLwBpj Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -men Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 33 42 26 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -men: 34 56 10
  3. embryo, fetus Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-germen-la-noun-gD2Ti2or Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 28 24 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: germānus, germinascō, germinō Related terms: germinātiō, germinātus

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "germānus"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "germinascō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "germinō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: germen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: germen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "germ",
            "3": "germen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: germ, germen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: germ, germen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "germe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: germe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: germe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "xerme",
            "3": "xermolo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: xerme, xermolo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: xerme, xermolo"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "germe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: germe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: germe"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Occitan: gèrme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Occitan: gèrme"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "germe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: germe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: germe"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "germen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: germen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: germen"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "germen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: germen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: germen"
    }
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      "name": "suffix"
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        "1": "la",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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    {
      "form": "germinis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "germina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "germinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "germinī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "germinibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "germen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "germina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "germine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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        "1": "germen<3>"
      },
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "germinātiō"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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        "shoot, sprout, bud"
      ],
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          "shoot"
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          "sprout"
        ],
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          "bud",
          "bud"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "33 42 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "34 56 10",
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          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -men",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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      ],
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        [
          "germ",
          "germ"
        ],
        [
          "seed",
          "seed"
        ],
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          "origin",
          "origin"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "28 24 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "embryo, fetus"
      ],
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          "embryo",
          "embryo"
        ],
        [
          "fetus",
          "fetus"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈɡer.men/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡɛrmɛn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒer.men/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd͡ʒɛrmen]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "germen"
}
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -men",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "germānus"
    },
    {
      "word": "germinascō"
    },
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    }
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: germen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: germen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "germ",
            "3": "germen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: germ, germen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: germ, germen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "germe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: germe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: germe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "xerme",
            "3": "xermolo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: xerme, xermolo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: xerme, xermolo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "germe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: germe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: germe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "gèrme",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Occitan: gèrme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Occitan: gèrme"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "germe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: germe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: germe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "germen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: germen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: germen"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "germen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: germen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: germen"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "germina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "germinis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "germinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "germinī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "germinibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "germen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "germina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "germine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "germinibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "germen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "germina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "germen<3>"
      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "germen<3>"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "germinātiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "germinātus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shoot, sprout, bud"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shoot",
          "shoot"
        ],
        [
          "sprout",
          "sprout"
        ],
        [
          "bud",
          "bud"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "germ, seed, origin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "germ",
          "germ"
        ],
        [
          "seed",
          "seed"
        ],
        [
          "origin",
          "origin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "embryo, fetus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "embryo",
          "embryo"
        ],
        [
          "fetus",
          "fetus"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡer.men/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡɛrmɛn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒer.men/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd͡ʒɛrmen]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "germen"
}

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