sucinum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From sūcus +‎ -num.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

sūcinum n (genitive sūcinī); second declension

  1. amber
    Synonyms: electrum, glaesum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative sūcinum sūcina
genitive sūcinī sūcinōrum
dative sūcinō sūcinīs
accusative sūcinum sūcina
ablative sūcinō sūcinīs
vocative sūcinum sūcina

Descendants

  • English: succin-
  • Italian: succino

References

  1. ^ Benjamin Hall Kennedy (1883) The Public School Latin Grammar §12.xxii, page 29

Further reading

  • sucinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sucinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sucinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.