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|lshtext=<b>fāgus</b>: i (<br /><b>I</b> nom. plur.: fagūs, Verg. Cul. 139), f. prob. [[root]] φαγ-, to [[eat]]; cf. [[faba]] and Gr. [[φηγός]], [[φηγών]]>; Germ. Buche; Engl. [[beech]], [[originally]] a [[tree]] [[with]] [[edible]] [[fruit]], = [[φηγός]]>, a [[beech]]-[[tree]]: Fagus silvatica, Linn.; Verg. E. 1, 1; Caes. B. G. 5, 12, 5; Plin. 16, 5, 6, § 16 sq.; 24, 5, 9, § 14; Ov. M. 10, 92: felices arbores ... [[quercus]], [[fagus]], etc., Veran. ap. Macr. S. 3, 20, 2 al.
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