arction

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄρκτιον (árktion), apparently from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”) (LSJ glosses ἄρκτιον as "bearwort"). Compare ἄρκιον (árkion, “burdock”).

Pronunciation

Noun

arction n (genitive arctiī); second declension

  1. some kind of plant, suggested to be Inula candida

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative arction arctia
Genitive arctiī arctiōrum
Dative arctiō arctiīs
Accusative arction arctia
Ablative arctiō arctiīs
Vocative arction arctia

References

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