sambucus
See also: Sambucus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /samˈbuː.kus/, [samˈbuː.kʊs]
Etymology 1
From sambūca (“ancient stringed instrument of Asiatic origin”), from Ancient Greek σαμβύκη (sambúkē, “sambuca”), ultimately from Aramaic ܣܐܒܒܥܚܐ (sabbekha)
Noun
sambūcus m (genitive sambūcī); second declension
- sambuca player
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sambūcus | sambūcī |
| Genitive | sambūcī | sambūcōrum |
| Dative | sambūcō | sambūcīs |
| Accusative | sambūcum | sambūcōs |
| Ablative | sambūcō | sambūcīs |
| Vocative | sambūce | sambūcī |
Related terms
- sambūca
- sambūcina
- sambūcistria
Etymology 2
Masculine form of sambuca; see etymology 1 - in Latin, sambuca was described as a wind instrument made from the wood of the elder tree (sambūcus).[1] -ūcus was a suffix common to several other plant names.
Alternative forms
- sabūcus
Noun
sambūcus f (genitive sambūcī); second declension
- elder tree, elderberry
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sambūcus | sambūcī |
| Genitive | sambūcī | sambūcōrum |
| Dative | sambūcō | sambūcīs |
| Accusative | sambūcum | sambūcōs |
| Ablative | sambūcō | sambūcīs |
| Vocative | sambūce | sambūcī |
Derived terms
- sambūceus
- sambūcum
Descendants
- Aromanian: sug
- Asturian: xabugu
- Catalan: saüc
- English: sambuca
- Franco-Provençal: savuc
- French: sureau
- Friulian: saût, savût
- Galician: sabugo
- Italian: sambuco
- Old French: seür, seü
- Portuguese: sabuco, sabugo
- Occitan: saüc, saiuc, sambuc, sagut
- Romanian: soc
- Sardinian: sabucu, sambucu, saucu, savucu
- Sicilian: savucu
- Spanish: sabuco, sabugo, saúco, sayugo
- Translingual: Sambucus
- Venetian: saugo, sanbugo, sanbuc
- Walloon: sawou, sawri, suzon, seucea
References
- sambucus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sambucus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- “sambuco” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN