Germanus

== 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: being from a Celtic/Gaulish word meaning "neighbor", from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“short”) (whence Irish gair (“neighbor”, literally “nearby”)), or being from a Celtic/Gaulish word meaning "noisy", from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“to shout”) (whence Proto-Celtic *garman, Latin garriō),; compare also Proto-Celtic *garsman which also gave Latin Garmanus; or being related to Old High German gēr (“spear”). It may have originally been the name of a particular tribe. 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. More at Germani. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɛrˈmaː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒerˈmaː.nus] Homophone: germānus === Adjective === Germānus (feminine Germāna, neuter Germānum); first/second-declension adjective Relating to the native peoples or tribes of ancient Germania Germanic ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === Noun === Germānus m (genitive Germānī); second declension a Germanic person (male); member of a Germanic tribe ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== Germāna germānicus Germānia ==== 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.