castanea

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

castănĕa: ae, f., = κάστανον>.
I The chestnut-tree, Col. 4, 33; 5, 10, 14; Pall. Febr. 25, 33; id. Nov. 7, 17; Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212; 17, 20, 34, § 147 sq.; Verg. G. 2, 15; 2, 71.—
II A chestnut, Verg. E. 1, 82; 7, 53; Plin. 13, 18, 32, § 110; 15, 28, 34, § 112; cf. appos. castaneae nuces, Verg. E. 2, 52; Ov. A. A. 2, 26, 8.