fagus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →fagus, fagi:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
beech tree;
nom. sg.
Examples
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...omnis Oeten maesta corripuit manus, huic fagus umbras perdit et toto iacet succisa trunco, flectit hic pinum ferox..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...nidosque tepentes absiliunt (metus urguet) aues; cadit ardua fagus Chaoniumque nemus brumaeque inlaesa cupressus, procumbunt piceae, flammis alimenta..."Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...dorso. caeditur et tilia ante iugo leuis altaque fagus stiuaque, quae currus a tergo torqueat imos, et suspensa..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...frondibus aesculus altis, nec tiliae molles, nec fagus et innuba laurus, et coryli fragiles et fraxinus utilis hastis..."