aesculus
See also: Aesculus
Latin
Etymology
Etymology unclear. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”), or from a Mediterranean substrate, though the presence of a Germanic cognate is surprising. Compare English oak, Lithuanian ąžuolas (“oak”), Albanian enjë (“juniper, yew”), Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps, “Turkey oak”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈae̯s.ku.lus/, [ˈäe̯s̠kʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈes.ku.lus/, [ˈɛskulus]
Noun
aesculus f (genitive aesculī); second declension
- the tallest species of oak, the winter oak or Italian oak (with edible acorns), sacred to Jupiter
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aesculus | aesculī |
| Genitive | aesculī | aesculōrum |
| Dative | aesculō | aesculīs |
| Accusative | aesculum | aesculōs |
| Ablative | aesculō | aesculīs |
| Vocative | aescule | aesculī |
Derived terms
- aesculeus
Descendants
- Italian: eschio
- Portuguese: ésculo
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “aesculus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 28
- “aesculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aesculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aesculus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- aesculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “aesculus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers