stamen
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
stamen (plural stamens or stamina)
- (botany) In flowering plants, the male reproductive structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament.
Derived terms
Translations
A flower part that produces pollen
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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *stāmen, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂mn̥, from *steh₂- (“stand”), whence also stō and sistō. Cognate with Sanskrit स्थामन् (sthā́man, “place; strength”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌼𐌰 (stōma), Ancient Greek στῆμα (stêma), used by Hesychius for a part of a plant. Equivalent to stō (“I stand”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈstaː.men/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsta.men/,
Noun
stāmen n (genitive stāminis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stāmen | stāmina |
| genitive | stāminis | stāminum |
| dative | stāminī | stāminibus |
| accusative | stāmen | stāmina |
| ablative | stāmine | stāminibus |
| vocative | stāmen | stāmina |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Catalan: estam
- English: stamen, stamina
- French: étaim, étamine
- Italian: stame
- Portuguese: estame, estâmina (via English)
- Spanish: estambre
References
- “stamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “stamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stamen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- stamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “stamen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From the noun Stamm (“stem, trunk”).
Pronunciation
Verb
stamen (third-person singular present staamt, past participle gestaamt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (intransitive) to descend, to derive
Conjugation
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | stamen | |
| participle | gestaamt | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | stamen | — |
| 2nd singular | staams | stam |
| 3rd singular | staamt | — |
| 1st plural | stamen | — |
| 2nd plural | staamt | staamt |
| 3rd plural | stamen | — |
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