Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στακτόν (staktón).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

stacton n (genitive stactī); second declension

  1. (medicine) A kind of eyesalve

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative stacton stacta
Genitive stactī stactōrum
Dative stactō stactīs
Accusative stacton stacta
Ablative stactō stactīs
Vocative stacton stacta

References edit

  • stacton”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • stacton in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.