stacton

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στακτόν (staktón).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈstak.ton/, [ˈs̠t̪äkt̪ɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstak.ton/, [ˈst̪äkt̪on]

Noun

stacton n (genitive stactī); second declension

1. (medicine) A kind of eyesalve

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type)

	singular	plural
nominative	stacton	stacta
genitive	stactī	stactōrum
dative	stactō	stactīs
accusative	stacton	stacta
ablative	stactō	stactīs
vocative	stacton	stacta

References

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