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{{Lewis
|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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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>æscŭlus</b>,¹⁴ ī, f., chêne, rouvre [consacré à Jupiter]: Serv. Georg. 2, 291 ; Virg. G. 2, 16 ; Hor. O. 3, 10, 17 ; Ov. M. 10, 91 ; Plin. 12, 3 ; 16, 11, etc.
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{{Georges
|georg=aesculus ([[nicht]] [[esculus]]), ī, f., eine dem [[Jupiter]] heilige, [[auf]] Bergen wachsende Eichenart, [[von]] hohem [[Wuchs]], [[wegen]] ihres festen (dah. rigida, Hor. carm. 3, 10, 17) [[über]] der [[Erde]] dauernden Holzes gern [[als]] Bauholz benutzt, [[nach]] [[einigen]] die Wintereiche ([[Quercus]] Robur, Willd.), [[nach]] andern die Speiseeiche ([[Quercus]] [[esculus]]. L.), Varr. LL. 5, 153. Vitr. 7, 1, 2. Plin. 12, 3. Hor. carm. 3, 10, 17. Verg. georg. 2, 16 u. 291 ([[dazu]] Voß). [[Fronto]] ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 3. p. 7, 17 N.
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