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

Noun

albūcus m (genitive albūcī); second declension

  1. asphodel bulb
  2. asphodel plant

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative albūcus albūcī
genitive albūcī albūcōrum
dative albūcō albūcīs
accusative albūcum albūcōs
ablative albūcō albūcīs
vocative albūce albūcī

References

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