actaea

See also: Actaea

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκταία (aktaía, “elder tree”), of similar appearance.

Noun

actaea f (genitive actaeae); first declension

  1. baneberry

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative actaea actaeae
genitive actaeae actaeārum
dative actaeae actaeīs
accusative actaeam actaeās
ablative actaeā actaeīs
vocative actaea actaeae

Descendants

  • Portuguese: acteia
  • Translingual: Actaea

References

  • “actaea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • actaea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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