saphon

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Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pʰoːn/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.fon/,

Noun

saphōn m (genitive saphōnis); third declension

A ship's cable

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	saphōn	saphōnēs
genitive	saphōnis	saphōnum
dative	saphōnī	saphōnibus
accusative	saphōnem	saphōnēs
ablative	saphōne	saphōnibus
vocative	saphōn	saphōnēs

References

“saphon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
saphon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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