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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
saphōn m (genitive saphōnis); third declension
- A ship's cable
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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.