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).

Case 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.
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