potamogeton
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See also: Potamogeton
English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
potamogeton (plural potamogetons)
- (botany) Any of the plants of the genus Potamogeton.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ποταμογείτων (potamogeítōn), from ποταμός (potamós, “river”) + γείτων (geítōn, “neighbour”).
Noun
potamogēton f (genitive potamogētōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | potamogēton | potamogētōnēs |
| genitive | potamogētōnis | potamogētōnum |
| dative | potamogētōnī | potamogētōnibus |
| accusative | potamogētōnem | potamogētōnēs |
| ablative | potamogētōne | potamogētōnibus |
| vocative | potamogēton | potamogētōnēs |
Descendants
- Translingual: Potamogeton
References
- “potamogeton”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- potamogeton in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.