gramen
See also: grämen
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow (of plants)”), with a noun-forming suffix -men.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡraː.men/, [ˈɡraː.mɛn]
Inflection
Third declension neuter.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | grāmen | grāmina |
| Genitive | grāminis | grāminum |
| Dative | grāminī | grāminibus |
| Accusative | grāmen | grāmina |
| Ablative | grāmine | grāminibus |
| Vocative | grāmen | grāmina |
Synonyms
- (grass, herb): herba
Derived terms
- grāmineus
- grāminōsus
- rādix grāminis
Descendants
- English: graminivorous
- French: gramen
- Galician: grama
- Portuguese: grama
- Spanish: grama
References
- gramen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gramen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gramen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- gramen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Welsh
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