stamen

English

Etymology

From Latin stamen.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈsteɪ.mən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪmən

Noun

stamen (plural stamens or stamina)

  1. (botany) In flowering plants, the structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament.

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *stāmen, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂mn̥, from *steh₂- (“stand”), whence also stō and sistō. Cognate with Sanskrit स्थामन् (sthā́man, “place; strength”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌼𐌰 (stōma), Ancient Greek στῆμα (stêma), used by Hesychius for a part of a plant. Equivalent to stō (“I stand”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstaː.men/, [ˈstaː.mẽ]

Noun

stāmen n (genitive stāminis); third declension

  1. warp (of a loom)
  2. thread hanging from a distaff

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
nominative stāmen stāmina
genitive stāminis stāminum
dative stāminī stāminibus
accusative stāmen stāmina
ablative stāmine stāminibus
vocative stāmen stāmina

Descendants

References

  • stamen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • stamen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • stamen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • stamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • stamen in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From the noun Stamm (“stem, trunk”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtaːmən/

Verb

stamen (third-person singular present staamt, past participle gestaamt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (intransitive) to descend, to derive

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive stamen
participle gestaamt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative		 imperative
1st singular stamen —
2nd singular staams stam
3rd singular staamt —
1st plural stamen —
2nd plural staamt staamt
3rd plural stamen —
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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