phragmites

See also: Phragmites

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Etymology edit

From Latin phragmītēs, from Ancient Greek φραγμίτης (phragmítēs).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /fɹæɡˈmaɪtiːz/

Noun edit

phragmites (plural phragmites)

Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.

Anagrams edit

tephigrams

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek φραγμίτης (phragmítēs).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pʰraɡˈmiː.teːs/, [pʰräɡˈmiːt̪eːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fraɡˈmi.tes/, [fräɡˈmiːt̪es]

Noun edit

phragmītēs m (genitive phragmītis); third declension

a kind of reed

Declension edit

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 edit

English: phragmites
Translingual: Phragmites

References edit

“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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