ilex
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Latin > English
ilex ilicis N F :: holm-oak, great scarlet oak, tree or wood; its acorn
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
īlex: ĭcis, f.,
I a kind of oak, the holmoak or great scarlet oak (cf. quercus, aesculus, robur), Quercus ilex, Linn.; Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 19; 16, 8, 12, § 32; 16, 18, 30, § 73; Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.); Verg. E. 7, 1; id. A. 12, 702; Hor. C. 3, 13, 14; Ov. M. 1, 112; 8, 237: arbor felix, Macr. S. 3, 20, 2 et saep.—Poet.: porcus ilice pastus, i. e. with acorns, Mart. 14, 70, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
īlex,¹¹ ĭcis, f., sorte de chêne, yeuse, chêne vert : Plin. 16, 19 ; Virg. B. 7, 1, etc.
Latin > German (Georges)
īlex, icis, f., eine Art Eiche mit stacheligem Laube u. kleiner Eichel, Stecheiche od. Steineiche (Quercus ilex, L.), griech. πρινος, Plin. 16, 19. Sall. Iug. 93, 4. Suet. Aug. 92, 2. Hor. epod. 2, 23 u. ö. Verg. ecl. 6, 54 u. ö. Ov. met. 7, 586 u. ö.: neben quercus, Enn. ann. 188. Hor. carm. 3, 23, 10 u. ep. 1, 16, 9. Verg. georg. 3, 334. Vulg. Isai. 44, 14. – meton. = Eicheln, Mart. 14, 70, 2.
