legumen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin legūmen. Doublet of legume.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɪˈɡjuːmən/
  • Rhymes: -uːmən

Noun

legumen (plural legumens or legumina)

  1. Dated form of legume.

References

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly connected to legere (“to gather”)[1] because they can be scooped up in the hand. The second element appears to be the common noun-forming suffix -men, but the connecting -ū- is unexplained. Alternatively, a loanword from some other language, but no cognates have been identified.

Pronunciation

Noun

legūmen n (genitive legūminis); third declension

  1. pulse, legume (leguminous plant)
  2. bean (plant)

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative legūmen legūmina
Genitive legūminis legūminum
Dative legūminī legūminibus
Accusative legūmen legūmina
Ablative legūmine legūminibus
Vocative legūmen legūmina

Descendants

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “legō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 332
  • “legumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “legumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • legumen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin legumen.

Noun

legumen n (plural legumene)

  1. legume (The fruit or seed of leguminous plants)

Declension
Declension of legumen
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) legumen legumenul (niște) legumene legumenele
genitive/dative (unui) legumen legumenului (unor) legumene legumenelor
vocative legumenule legumenelor

References
  • legumen in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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