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Latin
Etymology
Probably from Gaulish *garunda (“shallows, riverbank”), which is also related to Ancient Greek Γαρουνᾶς (Garounâs), Γαρύνας (Garúnas).
Pronunciation
Noun
harundō f (genitive harundinis); third declension
- reed
- fishing rod
- shaft of an arrow
- pipe
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “harundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “harundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- harundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “harundo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “harundo”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin