legumen

English

Etymology

Noun

legumen (plural legumens or legumina)

Dated form of legume.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for legumen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly connected to legere (“to gather”) because they can be scooped up in the hand. The second element is the common noun-forming suffix -men.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /leˈɡuː.men/, [ɫɛˈɡuː.mɛn]

Noun

legūmen n (genitive legūminis); third declension

pulse, legume (leguminous plant)
bean (plant)

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

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

Descendants

Catalan: llegum
→ French: légume
- → English: legume
Friulian: liùm
Galician: legume
Italian: legume
Occitan: legum

Old French: legun, leun
Portuguese: legume
Romanian: legumă
Sicilian: lijumi
Spanish: legumbre
Venetian: legùmo

References

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

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