tabacum

Latin

Alternative forms

• tabā̆ccum
• tabā̆cchon

Etymology

Latinized from Spanish tabaco, itself possibly from Arabic طُبَّاق (ṭubbāq, “Dittrichia viscosa”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /taˈbaː.kum/, [t̪äˈbäːkʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /taˈba.kum/, [t̪äˈbäːkum]

Noun

tabācum n (genitive tabācī); second declension

1. (New Latin) tobacco
   • 2017, Tuomo Pekkanen, Societates tabacariae de periculis tabaci monent. [1], Nuntii Latini 1.12.2017:

     Magnae societates tabacariae in USA tandem adducti sunt, ut nuntiis divulgandis de periculis tabaci in actis diurnis monerent.

     Large tobacco companies in the US have at last been forced to publish warnings about the dangers of tobacco in newspapers.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tabācum	tabāca
Genitive	tabācī	tabācōrum
Dative	tabācō	tabācīs
Accusative	tabācum	tabāca
Ablative	tabācō	tabācīs
Vocative	tabācum	tabāca

References

• tabacum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016