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Webster 1913 Edition
Stamen
Sta′men
(stā′mĕn)
, Noun.
pl. E.
Stamens
(-mĕnz)
(used only in the second sense); L. Stamina
(stăm′ĭ-nȧ)
(in the first sense). 1.
A thread; especially, a warp thread.
Webster 1828 Edition
Stamen
STAMEN
,Noun.
plu.
1.
In a general sense, usually in the plural, the fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it its strength and solidity. Thus we say, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength. Hence,2.
Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of any thing; as the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a stage.3.
In botany, an organ of flowers for the preparation of the pollen or fecundating dust. It consists of the filament and the anther. It is considered as the male organ of fructification.Definition 2024
stamen
stamen
English
Noun
stamen (plural stamens or stamina)
- (botany) In flowering plants, the structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament.
Translations
A flower part that produces pollen
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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
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
- English: stamen, stamina
- Italian: stame
- Portuguese: estame, estâmina (via English)
- Spanish: estambre
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)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “stamen”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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)
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 | — |
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