Germanus

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See also: germanus and ģermāņus

Latin

Etymology

First used by Caesar and Tacitus to describe tribes as distinct from the Gauls and originally from the east of the Rhine. Of uncertain origin; several conjectures now deemed improbable have been put forward, such as:

It may have originally been the name of a particular tribe.[2]

Note: it is not to be confused with the word germānus (“of brothers or sisters”), which derives from germen (“sprout, bud”) and is thought to be unrelated.[1]

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Pronunciation

Adjective

Germānus (feminine Germāna, neuter Germānum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Germanic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
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
accusative Germānum Germānam Germānum Germānōs Germānās Germāna
ablative Germānō Germānā Germānō Germānīs
vocative Germāne Germāna Germānum Germānī Germānae Germāna

Noun

Germānus m (genitive Germānī); second declension

  1. a Germanic person (male); member of a Germanic tribe

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Germānus Germānī
genitive Germānī Germānōrum
dative Germānō Germānīs
accusative Germānum Germānōs
ablative Germānō Germānīs
vocative Germāne Germānī

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “Germanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Germanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories (1991, →ISBN), page 194
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ernest Weekley, An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, volume 1 (A-K) (2013, →ISBN), page 634: "Prob. orig. name of particular tribe. Etymologies proposed for the name (e.g. Olr. gair, neighhour, gairm, war-cry, OHG. ger, spear) are pure conjectures."
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