germanus

== Latin == === Etymology === From germen (“sprout, bud”), perhaps for *germ(i)nānus. Not to be confused with the unrelated Germānus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɛrˈmaː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒerˈmaː.nus] Homophone: Germānus === Adjective === germānus (feminine germāna, neuter germānum, adverb germānē); first/second-declension adjective of brothers or sisters full, own true, natural, authentic (poetic) denoting intimate friendship ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Italo-Romance: Italian: germano Borrowings: → Old French: germain French: germain Norman: gèrmain → English: germane, german → Portuguese: germano === Noun === germānus m (genitive germānī, feminine germāna); second declension brother ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== frāter ==== Descendants ==== === Related terms === === References === === Further reading === “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