albucus

Latin

Etymology

albus (“white”) +‎ -ūcus, a suffix common to several other Latin phytonyms, and a semantic connection found in other languages for the same plant, e.g. Arabic بَرْوَق (barwaq) from Aramaic ברוק (bārōq, “shiny-yellowish”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /alˈbuː.kus/, [äɫ̪ˈbuːkʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈbu.kus/, [älˈbuːkus]

Noun

albūcus m (genitive albūcī); second declension

asphodel bulb
asphodel plant

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	albūcus	albūcī
Genitive	albūcī	albūcōrum
Dative	albūcō	albūcīs
Accusative	albūcum	albūcōs
Ablative	albūcō	albūcīs
Vocative	albūce	albūcī

References

“albucus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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