sebaceus

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Latin

Etymology

sēbum +‎ -āceus, cf. New Latin sēbāx

Pronunciation

Noun

sēbāceus m (genitive sēbāceī); second declension

  1. tallow candle

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sēbāceus sēbāceī
genitive sēbāceī sēbāceōrum
dative sēbāceō sēbāceīs
accusative sēbāceum sēbāceōs
ablative sēbāceō sēbāceīs
vocative sēbācee sēbāceī

References

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