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Sambucus
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Sam-bu′cus
,Noun.
[L., an elder tree.]
(Bot.)
A genus of shrubs and trees; the elder.
Definition 2024
Sambucus
Sambucus
See also: sambucus
Translingual
Proper noun
Sambucus f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Adoxaceae – the elderberry.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Dipsacales - order; Adoxaceae - family; Adoxoideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
sambucus
sambucus
See also: Sambucus
Latin
Noun
sambūcus m (genitive sambūcī); second declension
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
Etymology 2
Root origin unknown[1] + -ūcus, a suffix common to several other plant names.
Alternative forms
Noun
sambūcus f (genitive sambūcī); second declension
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
Descendants
References
- sambucus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sambucus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- ↑ “sambuco” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2