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

  1. 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

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

Noun

sambūcus f (genitive sambūcī); second declension

  1. 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
Descendants
  • 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
  1. “sambuco” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
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