decermina

Latin

Etymology

From dēcerpō (“to pluck off”) +‎ -men. Attested once in Apuleio. For similar formations with similar meaning, confer putāmen, resegmen.

Pronunciation

Noun

dēcermina n pl (genitive dēcerminum); third declension

  1. (hapax legomenon) leaves and boughs cut off

Declension

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

plural
nominative dēcermina
genitive dēcerminum
dative dēcerminibus
accusative dēcermina
ablative dēcerminibus
vocative dēcermina

References

  • “decermina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • decermina in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • decermina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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