sebaceus

Latin

Etymology

sēbum +‎ -āceus, cf. New Latin sēbāx

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seːˈbaː.ke.us/, [s̠eːˈbäːkeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈba.t͡ʃe.us/, [seˈbäːt͡ʃeus]

Noun

sēbāceus m (genitive sēbāceī); second declension

1. tallow candle

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sēbāceus	sēbāceī
genitive	sēbāceī	sēbāceōrum
dative	sēbāceō	sēbāceīs
accusative	sēbāceum	sēbāceōs
ablative	sēbāceō	sēbāceīs
vocative	sēbācee	sēbāceī

References

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