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granum
granum
English
Noun
granum (plural grana)
- (biology) a stacklike structure in plant chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll; the site of photosynthesis
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Cognates include Old Irish grán, Breton greun, Old Church Slavonic зрьно (zrĭno), Lithuanian žìrnis (“pea”), Persian خرمن (xarman, “grain”) and Old English corn (“grain”) (English corn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡraː.num/, [ˈɡraː.nũ]
Noun
grānum n (genitive grānī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | grānum | grāna |
| genitive | grānī | grānōrum |
| dative | grānō | grānīs |
| accusative | grānum | grāna |
| ablative | grānō | grānīs |
| vocative | grānum | grāna |
Derived terms
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Related terms
- grānifer
Descendants
References
- granum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- granum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- GRANUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “granum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.