lignosus
φιλοτιμία καλεῖ τέχν' ὑπερόντα κτλ. → ambition for honor is calling superior sons ... (Inscription on church wall, Constantinople)
Latin > English
lignosus lignosa, lignosum ADJ :: wood-like; having kernel (Pliny)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lignōsus: a, um, adj. id.,
I like wood, woody: caules, Plin. 25, 6, 29, § 65: glutinum, id. 28, 17, 71, § 236.—Comp.: lignosiora sunt reliqua, Plin. 19, 5, 27, § 88.—
II Stony, having a large stone or kernel: fructus, Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69: nucleus, id. 13, 19, 34, § 112.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lignōsus, a, um (lignum), ligneux, semblable à du bois : Plin. 13, 112 ; 24, 69 || lignosior Plin. 19, 88.
Latin > German (Georges)
līgnōsus, a, um (lignum), I) aus Holz, hölzern, bracchia, Ov. met. 11, 83 Riese. – II) dem Holze ähnlich, holzig, nucleus, Plin. 13, 112: fructus, Plin. 24, 69: lignosiora sunt reliqua, Plin. 19, 88.
