1. germānus — Lewis & Short
germānus, a, um, adj.v. germen, of brothers and sisters who have the same parents, or at least the same father,
I full, own (very freq. and class.).
I Lit.
A Adj.:
spes mihi est vos inventuros fratres germanos duos Geminos, una matre natos et patre uno uno die,Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 43:
frater,id. Capt. 5, 4, 18; Ter. And. 1, 5, 57; Cic. Font. 17, 36; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; v. frater;
and cf.: L. Cicero frater noster, cognatione patruelis, amore germanus,Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1:
soror germana,Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 3; id. Truc. 2, 4, 87; Cic. Mil. 27, 73; Nep. Cim. 1:
bimembres (i. e. Centauri),Ov. M. 12, 240.—Poet., to denote intimate friendship: soror, of a nurse, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 42 Vahl.); cf. also absol.: germana, ib. (v. 48 Vahl.).—
B Subst.: germānus, i, m., and germāna, ae, f., an own or full brother, own or full sister (rare):
nunc tu mihi es germanus pariter corpore et animo,Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 34:
haec germanus Eryx quondam tuus arma gerebat,Verg. A. 5, 412; Ov. M. 5, 13:
germanae justa dat ante suae,id. F. 3, 560; id. M. 6, 613:
(Dryades) Omnes germanae Cererem cum vestibus atris Maerentes adeunt,id. ib. 8, 781; Vulg. Gen. 27, 35 al.—Poet., of animals, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44.—In a pun with Germanus, a German:
Cimber hic fuit, a quo fratrem necatum hoc Ciceronis dicto notatum est: Germanum Cimber occidit,Quint. 8, 3, 29; so in plur., Vell. 2, 67 fin.—
II Transf.
A Of or belonging to brothers and sisters, brotherly, sisterly (very rare);
nunc tu mihi amicus es in germanum modum,Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 25; so,
casus (fratrum),Just. 27, 3 fin.—
B In gen., genuine, real, actual, true (a favorite expression of Cicero):
illi veteres germanique Campani,Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:
germanos se putant esse Thucydidas,id. Or. 9, 32:
magni et germani Attici,id. ib. 26, 90:
germani hujus artis magistri,id. de Or. 2, 38, 160;
germani Luperci,id. Cael. 11, 26:
scio me asinum germanum fuisse,id. Att. 4, 5, 3:
di (te) omnes perdant, oboluisti allium, Germana illuvies, rusticus, hircus, hara suis,Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 39:
haec est mea et hujus fratris mei germana patria: hinc enim orti stirpe antiquissima sumus,Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:
ille Theodoromedes fuit germano nomine,Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 38:
germana justitia,Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:
haec germana ironia est,id. Brut. 86, 296:
gerrae germanae,Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 9.—Sup.:
germanissimus Stoicus,Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132.—Hence, adv.: germāne, faithfully, truly:
germane fraterneque rescribere,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 2; August. Civ. Dei, 2, 13.