germanus

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡerˈmaː.nus/, [ɡɛrˈmäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒerˈma.nus/, [d͡ʒerˈmäːnus]
• Homophone: Germānus

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

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• → Italian: germano
• → Old French: germain
  • French: germain
  • Norman: gèrmain
  • → English: germane, german
• → Portuguese: germano

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

1. brother

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• “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