potamogeton

See also: Potamogeton

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

potamogeton (plural potamogetons)

(botany) Any of the plants of the genus Potamogeton.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποταμογείτων (potamogeítōn), from ποταμός (potamós, “river”) + γείτων (geítōn, “neighbour”).

Noun

potamogēton f (genitive potamogētōnis); third declension

pondweed

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	potamogēton	potamogētōnēs
Genitive	potamogētōnis	potamogētōnum
Dative	potamogētōnī	potamogētōnibus
Accusative	potamogētōnem	potamogētōnēs
Ablative	potamogētōne	potamogētōnibus
Vocative	potamogēton	potamogētōnēs

Descendants

Translingual: Potamogeton

References

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

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