phragmites
See also: Phragmites
English
Etymology
From Latin phragmītēs, from Ancient Greek φραγμίτης (phragmítēs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɹæɡˈmaɪtiːz/
Noun
phragmites (plural phragmites)
- Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φραγμίτης (phragmítēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pʰraɡˈmiː.teːs/, [pʰräɡˈmiːt̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fraɡˈmi.tes/, [fräɡˈmiːt̪es]
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | phragmītēs | phragmītēs |
| Genitive | phragmītis | phragmītium |
| Dative | phragmītī | phragmītibus |
| Accusative | phragmītem | phragmītēs phragmītīs |
| Ablative | phragmīte | phragmītibus |
| Vocative | phragmītēs | phragmītēs |
Descendants
- English: phragmites
- Translingual: Phragmites
References
- “phragmites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- phragmites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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