germanus

See also: Germanus and ģermāņus

Latin

Etymology

From germen (“sprout, bud”), perhaps for *germ(i)nānus. Not to be confused with the unrelated Germānus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

germānus (feminine germāna, neuter germānum, adverb germānē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of brothers or sisters
  2. full, own
  3. true, natural, authentic
  4. (poetic) denoting intimate friendship

Declension

First/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
  • → Italian: germano
  • → Old French: germain
  • → Portuguese: germano

Noun

germānus m (genitive germānī, feminine germāna); second declension

  1. brother

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative germānus germānī
Genitive germānī germānōrum
Dative germānō germānīs
Accusative germānum germānōs
Ablative germānō germānīs
Vocative germāne germānī

Synonyms

Descendants

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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary
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