genimen

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *genamen, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥, from the root *ǵenh₁- (to beget”, “to give birth). Equivalent to gignō (I beget) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix). Compare with germen.

Pronunciation

Noun

genimen n (genitive geniminis); third declension

  1. product, fruit
  2. progeny, brood

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative genimen genimina
genitive geniminis geniminum
dative geniminī geniminibus
accusative genimen genimina
ablative genimine geniminibus
vocative genimen genimina

References

  • genimen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "genimen", 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)
  • genimen”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈni.men/

Verb

ġenimen

  1. plural present subjunctive of ġeniman