germanus
See also: Germanus and ģermāņus
Latin
Etymology
From germen (“sprout, bud”). Not to be confused with the unrelated Germānus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡerˈmaː.nus/, [ɡɛrˈmaː.nʊs]
Adjective
germānus (feminine germāna, neuter germānum); first/second declension
- of brothers or sisters
- full, own
- (poetic) denoting intimate friendship
- (substantive) brother, sister
Inflection
First/second declension.
| 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 | germānae | germānō | germānīs | germānīs | germānīs | |
| Accusative | germānum | germānam | germānum | germānōs | germānās | germāna | |
| Ablative | germānō | germānā | germānō | germānīs | germānīs | germānīs | |
| Vocative | germāne | germāna | germānum | germānī | germānae | germāna | |
Related terms
- germānē
- germānitas
- germānitus
- germāna
- germen
- germinō
Descendants
Descendants
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- Italian: germano (borrowing)
- Old French: germain (borrowing)
- English: germane, german (borrowing)
- French: germain (borrowing)
- Norman: gèrmain (borrowing)
- Portuguese: germano (borrowing)
- Spanish: germán, germano (borrowing)
- Vulgar Latin: germanus
- Mozarabic: yermáno
- Navarro-Aragonese:
- Aragonese: chirmán
- Old Leonese: ermano, hermano
- Asturian: hermanu
- Extremaduran: ermanu
- Fala: hermanu
- Leonese: hermanu
- Mirandese: armano
- Old Portuguese: irmão, coirmão
- Galician: irmán, hermao (Eonavian), curmán
- Portuguese: irmão
- Japanese: イルマン (iruman)
- Kabuverdianu: armun
- Papiamentu: ruman
- Old Occitan:
- Catalan: germà
- Old Spanish: ermano
- Ladino: ermano (Latin spelling)
- Spanish: hermano, mano
- Portuguese: mano
- Sardinian: germanu, ghermanu, grammanu, zermanu
- Venetian: german, zerman, xerman
References
- 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary