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|lshtext=<b>germen</b>: ĭnis, n. Sanscr. [[root]] grabh-, grah-, to [[conceive]]; garbh-as, [[child]]; [[whence]], [[βρέφος]] (for γρέφος), [[germanus]], perh. [[gremium]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[sprig]], [[offshoot]], [[sprout]], [[bud]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: huc aliena ex arbore [[germen]] Includunt, Verg. G. 2, 76: serotino germine [[malus]], tardissimo [[suber]], Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 98; Vulg. Deut. 11, 17 et saep.—In plur.: inque novos soles audent se germina [[tuto]] Credere, Verg. G. 2, 332; Plin. 18, 10, 21, § 94: auctumni maturet germina Virgo, fruits, Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 465: impleratque uterum generoso germine, fœtus, [[embryo]], Ov. M. 9, 280; so, celsa Tonantis, i. e. [[daughter]], Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 76: [[servile]], Just. 18, 3 fin.; and of puppies, whelps, Nemes. Cyneg. 155.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.: cara maris, i. e. [[precious]] stones, Claud. Ep. ad Ser. 14: frontis, i. e. a [[horn]], id. Rapt. Pros. 1, 129.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a [[germ]]: [[rabies]] [[unde]] illaec germina surgunt, Lucr. 4, 1083: [[germen]] ab aethere trahere, [[origin]], Prud. Cath. 10, 32: germine [[nobilis]] Eulalia, id. στεφ. 3, 1.