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

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈark.ti.on/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈark.t͡si.on/,

Noun

arction n (genitive arctiī); second declension

some kind of plant, suggested to be Inula candida
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 27.16.33

Declension

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

	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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