phragmites
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Phragmites australis
See also: Phragmites
English
Etymology
From Latin phragmītēs, from Ancient Greek φραγμίτης (phragmítēs).
Pronunciation
Noun
phragmites (plural phragmites)
- Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.
Further reading
Phragmites on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Phragmites on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φραγμίτης (phragmítēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pʰraɡˈmiː.teːs/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fraɡˈmi.tes/,
Noun
phragmītēs m (genitive phragmītis); third declension
- a kind of reed
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | phragmītēs | phragmītēs |
| genitive | phragmītis | phragmītium |
| dative | phragmītī | phragmītibus |
| accusative | phragmītem | phragmītēs phragmītīs |
| ablative | phragmīte | phragmītibus |
| vocative | phragmītēs | phragmītēs |
Descendants
- English: phragmites
- Translingual: Phragmites
References
- “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.