aesculus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

aescŭlus: (not esc-), i, f. may be connected with edo = to eat, as fagus = beech, φηγός> = oak, with φαγεῖν>, but the diphthong presents a difficulty; v. Curt. p. 187,
I the tallest species of oak, the winter or Italian oak (with edible acorns), sacred to Jupiter, Verg. G. 2, 16; 291; ef. Voss. ad h. l.: nec mollior aesculo, Hor. C. 3, 10, 17 al.