tabacum

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Latinized from Spanish tabaco, itself possibly from Arabic طُبَّاق (ṭubbāq, Dittrichia viscosa)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tabācum n (genitive tabācī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) tobacco
    • 2017, Tuomo Pekkanen, Societates tabacariae de periculis tabaci monent. [1], Nuntii Latini 1.12.2017:
      Magnae societates tabacariae in USA tandem adducti sunt, ut nuntiis divulgandis de periculis tabaci in actis diurnis monerent.
      Large tobacco companies in the US have at last been forced to publish warnings about the dangers of tobacco in newspapers.

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tabācum tabāca
Genitive tabācī tabācōrum
Dative tabācō tabācīs
Accusative tabācum tabāca
Ablative tabācō tabācīs
Vocative tabācum tabāca

References

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  • tabacum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016