actaea

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκταία (aktaía, “elder tree”), of similar appearance.

Noun[edit]

actaea f (genitive actaeae); first declension

  1. baneberry

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative actaea actaeae
Genitive actaeae actaeārum
Dative actaeae actaeīs
Accusative actaeam actaeās
Ablative actaeā actaeīs
Vocative actaea actaeae

Descendants[edit]

  • Portuguese: acteia
  • Translingual: Actaea

References[edit]

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