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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.ni.men/, [ˈɡɛnɪmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.ni.men/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːnimen]

Noun

genimen n (genitive geniminis); third declension

1. product, fruit
2. progeny, brood

Declension

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

Case	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.