σπαργάνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπάργανον (spárganon, “band for swaddling infants”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σπᾰργᾰ́νῐον • (spargánion) n (genitive σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ου); second declension

  1. bur-reed (Sparganium erectum)

Inflection

Descendants

  • → English: sparganium
  • → Translingual: Sparganium

Further reading

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