actaea

See also: Actaea

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκταία (aktaía, “elder tree”), of similar appearance.

Noun

actaea f (genitive actaeae); first declension

1. baneberry

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	actaea	actaeae
genitive	actaeae	actaeārum
dative	actaeae	actaeīs
accusative	actaeam	actaeās
ablative	actaeā	actaeīs
vocative	actaea	actaeae

Descendants

• Portuguese: acteia
• Translingual: Actaea

References

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