alaternus

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ălăternus: i, f. perh. akin to Germ. Erle; Engl. alder,
I a shrub: Rhamnus Alaternus, Linn.; Col. 7, 6; Plin. 16, 26, 45, § 108. >

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ălăternus, ī, f., nerprun [arbrisseau] : Plin. 16, 108.

Latin > German (Georges)

alaternus (alternus), ī, f., eine Pflanze, immergrüner Wegdorn (Rhamnus Alaternus, L.), weil der männl. Baum keine Samenfrucht trägt, unter die arbores infelices gerechnet, Tarquit. Prisc. b. Macr. sat. 2, 16 (3, 20), 3 (wo alternus). Col. 7, 6, 1 (wo Variante alternus). Plin. 16, 108.

Latin > English

alaternus alaterni N F :: evergreen shrub, Buckthorn (used for pigments (e.g., sap-green)/cathartic)