saccharon

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek σάκχᾰρον (sákkhăron), borrowed from Pali sakkharā, from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”). Same source as Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē, “pebble”) === Noun === saccharon n (genitive saccharī); second declension a syrupy liquid that exudes from bamboo a honey-like substance collected from reeds used to help ease stomach or bladder pains ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type). ==== Derived terms ==== saccharum === References === “saccharon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “saccharon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.