decermina

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈkɛr.mɪ.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈt͡ʃɛr.mi.na]

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.