arction

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἄρκτιον (árktion), apparently from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”) (LSJ glosses ἄρκτιον as "bearwort"). Compare ἄρκιον (árkion, “burdock”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈark.ti.ɔn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈark.t͡si.on] === Noun === arction n (genitive arctiī); second declension some kind of plant, suggested to be Inula candida ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type). === References === “arction”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “arction”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.