sambuceus

Latin

Etymology

sambūcus (“elder”) +‎ -eus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /samˈbuː.ke.us/, [s̠ämˈbuːkeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /samˈbu.t͡ʃe.us/, [sämˈbuːt͡ʃeus]

Adjective

sambūceus (feminine sambūcea, neuter sambūceum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) elder

Declension

First/second-declension adjective

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sambūceus	sambūcea	sambūceum		sambūceī	sambūceae	sambūcea
genitive	sambūceī	sambūceae	sambūceī		sambūceōrum	sambūceārum	sambūceōrum
dative	sambūceō	sambūceae	sambūceō		sambūceīs
accusative	sambūceum	sambūceam	sambūceum		sambūceōs	sambūceās	sambūcea
ablative	sambūceō	sambūceā	sambūceō		sambūceīs
vocative	sambūcee	sambūcea	sambūceum		sambūceī	sambūceae	sambūcea

References

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