legumen
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin legūmen. Doublet of legume.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
legumen (plural legumens or legumina)
References[edit]
- “legumen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /leˈɡuː.men/, [ɫ̪ɛˈɡuːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈɡu.men/, [leˈɡuːmen]
Noun[edit]
legūmen n (genitive legūminis); third declension
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
legumen n (plural legumene)
- legume (The fruit or seed of leguminous plants)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
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