albucus
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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) 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.
| Case | 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