aesculus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aesculus, aesculi:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
variety of oak tree, perhaps durmast or Hungarian oak, or Italian oak;
nom. sg.
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..."