fagus
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
Latin > English
fagus fagi N F :: beech tree
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
fāgus: i (
I 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
fāgus,¹² ī, f. (φηγός), hêtre : Virg. B. 1, 1 ; Cæs. G. 5, 12, 5 || fāgŭs, ūs, Virg. Cul. 141, cf. Char. 130, 5.
Latin > German (Georges)
fāgus, ī, f. (φηγός, dorisch φαγός), I) die Buche Fagus silvatica, L.), fagus atque abies, Caes.: fagi folia, Plin.: fagi glans, Buchecker, Plin.: alta f., Verg.: altae fagi, Catull. – II) meton. = Bucheckern, Calp. ecl. 4, 35. – / auch nach der 4. Deklin., Nom. Plur. fagus, Ps. Verg. cul. 141: Akk. Plur. fagus, Varro fr. bei Charis. 130, 5.
