sebaceus

Latin

Etymology

sēbum +‎ -āceus, cf. New Latin sēbāx

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seːˈbaː.ke.us/, [s̠eːˈbäːkeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈba.t͡ʃe.us/, [seˈbäːt͡ʃeus]

Noun

sēbāceus m (genitive sēbāceī); second declension

1. tallow candle

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	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.