betaceus

== Latin == === Etymology === From bēta (beet) + -āceus (adjective-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [beːˈtaː.ke.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [beˈtaː.t͡ʃe.us] === Adjective === bētāceus (feminine bētācea, neuter bētāceum); first/second-declension adjective of or pertaining to a beet, beets ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “betaceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “betaceus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “betaceus”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 69