phragmites

See also: Phragmites

English

Phragmites australis

Etymology

From Latin phragmītēs, from Ancient Greek φραγμίτης (phragmítēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹæɡˈmaɪtiːz/

Noun

phragmites (plural phragmites)

1. Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.

Further reading

• Phragmites on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phragmites on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• tephigrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φραγμίτης (phragmítēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰraɡˈmiː.teːs/, [pʰräɡˈmiːt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fraɡˈmi.tes/, [fräɡˈmiːt̪es]

Noun

phragmītēs m (genitive phragmītis); third declension

1. a kind of reed

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	phragmītēs	phragmītēs
genitive	phragmītis	phragmītium
dative	phragmītī	phragmītibus
accusative	phragmītem	phragmītēs phragmītīs
ablative	phragmīte	phragmītibus
vocative	phragmītēs	phragmītēs

Descendants

• English: phragmites
• Translingual: Phragmites

References

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