sambucus

See also: Sambucus

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From sambūca (“ancient stringed instrument of Asiatic origin”), from Ancient Greek σαμβύκη (sambúkē, “sambuca”), ultimately from Aramaic סַבְּכָא (sabbəḵā).

Noun

sambūcus m (genitive sambūcī); second declension

  1. sambuca player
Declension

Second-declension noun.

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 sambūca (“ancient stringed instrument of Asiatic origin”), as the wind instrument was made from the wood of the elder tree.[1] +‎ -ūcus was a suffix common to several other plant names.

Alternative forms

Noun

sambūcus f (genitive sambūcī); second declension

  1. elder tree, elderberry
Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sambūcus sambūcī
Genitive sambūcī sambūcōrum
Dative sambūcō sambūcīs
Accusative sambūcum sambūcōs
Ablative sambūcō sambūcīs
Vocative sambūce sambūcī
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Italian: sambuco
  • Lombard: sambugh
  • Occitan: sambuc
  • Sardinian: sambucu
  • Venetian: sanbugo, sanbuc
  • Borrowings:

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
  • Whatmough, Joshua (1950) The Dialects of Ancient Gaul, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, published 1970, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1196
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