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Latin
Etymology
From dēcerpō (“to pluck off”) + -men. Attested once in Apuleio. For similar formations with similar meaning, confer putāmen, resegmen.
Pronunciation
Noun
dēcermina n pl (genitive dēcerminum); third declension
- (hapax) leaves and boughs cut off
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), plural only.
References
- “decermina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- decermina in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- decermina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.