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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σάκχαρον (sákkharon), via Pali sakkharā from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar; grit, gravel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”), same source as Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē, “pebble”)[1]
Noun
saccharon n (genitive saccharī); second declension
- a syrupy liquid that exudes from bamboo
- a honey-like substance collected from reeds used to help ease stomach or bladder pains
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
Derived terms
References
- “saccharon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- saccharon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Barnette, Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies