exacum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === exacon === Etymology === From Gaulish, probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Compare Latin acus (“needle”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛk.sa.kũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛk.sa.kum] === Noun === exacum n (genitive exacī); second declension the Gaulish name for the centaury ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). === References === “exacon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “exacum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.