aesculus, aesculi:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
variety of oak tree, perhaps durmast or Hungarian oak, or Italian oak;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | aesculus | aesculi |
| Gen. | aesculi | aesculorum |
| Dat. | aesculo | aesculis |
| Acc. | aesculum | aesculos |
| Voc. | aescule | aesculi |
| Abl. | aesculo | aesculis |
Examples
Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...altae castaneae, nemorumque Ioui quae maxima frondet aesculus, atque habitae Grais oracula quercus. pullulat ab radice aliis densissima..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Chaonis afuit arbor, non nemus Heliadum, non frondibus aesculus altis, nec tiliae molles, nec fagus et innuba laurus..."