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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