phragmites
See also: Phragmites
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin phragmītēs, from Ancient Greek φραγμίτης (phragmítēs).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
phragmites (plural phragmites)
- Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.
Anagrams edit
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.