saccharon

From Ancient Greek σάκχαρον (sákkharon), via Pali sakkharā from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar; grit, gravel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”), same source as Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē, “pebble”)^[1]

saccharon n (genitive saccharī); second declension

1. a syrupy liquid that exudes from bamboo
2. a honey-like substance collected from reeds used to help ease stomach or bladder pains

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

• saccharum

• “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.