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Menander, Monostichoi, 330

Latin > English

taxus taxi N F :: yew-tree

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

taxus: i, f.,
I a yew, yew-tree.
I Lit., Plin. 16, 10, 20, § 50; Caes. B. G. 6, 31; Verg. E. 9, 30; id. G. 2, 113 al. — Considered, on account of its poisonous berries, as a tree of the infernal regions, Ov. M. 4, 432; Sil. 13, 596; Luc. 3, 419; 6, 645 al.—
II Poet., transf., a javelin, made of the wood of the yew-tree, Sil. 13, 210.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

taxus,¹³ ī, f., if [arbre, déjà connu pour être vénéneux] : Cæs. G. 6, 31, 5 ; Virg. B. 9, 30 ; Plin. 16, 50 || pique, lance [en bois d’if] : Sil. 13, 210.

Latin > German (Georges)

taxus, ī, f., I) der Taxusbaum, Eibenbaum, Caes. u.a. – II) meton., der Wurfspieß aus Taxus, Sil. 13, 210.

Dutch > Greek

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