English

Sambuca served over ice as an ammazzacaffè.

Noun

sambuca ‎(plural sambucas)

1. An Italian liqueur made from elderberries and flavoured with licorice. Traditionally served with 3 coffee beans that represent health, wealth and fortune (or past, present and future).

Hypernyms

• ammazzacaffè

Translations

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sambūcus ‎(“elderberry”).

Noun

sambuca f ‎(plural sambuche)

1. sambuca

Related terms

• sambuco

Anagrams

• cambusa

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /samˈbuː.ka/

Noun

sambūca f ‎(genitive sambūcae); first declension

1. (music) A triangular harp having a very sharp, shrill tone

Inflection

First declension.

References

• sambuca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• SAMBUCA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sambuca”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• sambuca in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sambuca in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin