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|lshtext=<b>aescŭlus</b>: (not esc-), i, f. [[may]] be [[connected]] [[with]] edo = to [[eat]], as [[fagus]] = [[beech]], [[φηγός]] = [[oak]], [[with]] [[φαγεῖν]], [[but]] the diphthong presents a [[difficulty]]; v. Curt. p. 187,<br /><b>I</b> the tallest [[species]] of [[oak]], the [[winter]] or Italian [[oak]] ([[with]] [[edible]] acorns), [[sacred]] to Jupiter, Verg. G. 2, 16; 291; ef. Voss. ad h. l.: nec mollior aesculo, Hor. C. 3, 10, 17 al.
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