sucinum

Latin

Alternative forms

• succinum

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin sūcus

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -num

Latin sūcinum

From sūcus + -num.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsuː.kɪ.nũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsuː.t͡ʃi.num]

Noun

sūcinum n (genitive sūcinī); second declension

1. amber

   Synonyms: electrum, glaesum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	sūcinum	sūcina
genitive	sūcinī	sūcinōrum
dative	sūcinō	sūcinīs
accusative	sūcinum	sūcina
ablative	sūcinō	sūcinīs
vocative	sūcinum	sūcina

Related terms

• sūcinus (“amber”) (adj.)

Descendants

• English: succin-
• Italian: succino

Further reading

• “sucinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sucinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sucinum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.