LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

arbuteus

arbuteus (feminine arbutea, neuter arbuteum)
Classical[arˈbʊ.te.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[arˈbuː.te.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveof the arbutus or strawberry tree

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativearbuteusarbuteaarbuteum
genitivearbuteīarbuteaearbuteī
dativearbuteōarbuteaearbuteō
accusativearbuteumarbuteamarbuteum
ablativearbuteōarbuteāarbuteō
vocativearbuteearbuteaarbuteum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativearbuteīarbuteaearbutea
genitivearbuteōrumarbuteārumarbuteōrum
dativearbuteīsarbuteīsarbuteīs
accusativearbuteōsarbuteāsarbutea
ablativearbuteīsarbuteīsarbuteīs
vocativearbuteīarbuteaearbutea

arbŭtĕus, a, um, adj. arbutus,
I. of the arbute or strawberry-tree: fetus, Ov. M. 1, 104: crates, Verg. G. 1, 166: liber, Stat. Th. 1, 584: virgae, Verg. A. 11, 65.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin arbuteus From arbutus + -eus.

Quick answers

What does arbuteus mean in Latin?
arbuteus, a adjective, means “of the arbutus or strawberry tree”.
How do you pronounce arbuteus?
In classical Latin, [arˈbʊ.te.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [arˈbuː.te.us].