sambucina

Latin

Etymology

sambūca +‎ -cen (-singer, player) +‎ -a (feminine suffix), with one "c" lost by haplology.

Pronunciation

Noun

sambūcina f (genitive sambūcinae); first declension

  1. sambuca player (female)

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sambūcina sambūcinae
genitive sambūcinae sambūcinārum
dative sambūcinae sambūcinīs
accusative sambūcinam sambūcinās
ablative sambūcinā sambūcinīs
vocative sambūcina sambūcinae

Synonyms

  • sambūcistria

References

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