albucus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]albus (“white”) + -ūcus, a suffix common to several other Latin phytonyms, and a semantic connection found in other languages for the same plant, e.g. Arabic بَرْوَق (barwaq) from Aramaic ברוק (bārōq, “shiny-yellowish”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /alˈbuː.kus/, [äɫ̪ˈbuːkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈbu.kus/, [älˈbuːkus]
Noun
[edit]albūcus m (genitive albūcī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | albūcus | albūcī |
| genitive | albūcī | albūcōrum |
| dative | albūcō | albūcīs |
| accusative | albūcum | albūcōs |
| ablative | albūcō | albūcīs |
| vocative | albūce | albūcī |
References
[edit]- “albucus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press