aesculus
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θεῶν ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν → and you have kept here something belonging to the gods below, a corpse deprived, unburied, unholy | but keepest in this world one who belongs to the gods infernal, a corpse unburied, unhonoured, all unhallowed
Latin > English
aesculus aesculi N F :: variety of oak tree, perhaps durmast or Hungarian oak, or Italian oak
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
æscŭlus,¹⁴ ī, f., chêne, rouvre [consacré à Jupiter]: Serv. Georg. 2, 291 ; Virg. G. 2, 16 ; Hor. O. 3, 10, 17 ; Ov. M. 10, 91 ; Plin. 12, 3 ; 16, 11, etc.
Latin > German (Georges)
aesculus (nicht esculus), ī, f., eine dem Jupiter heilige, auf Bergen wachsende Eichenart, von hohem Wuchs, wegen ihres festen (dah. rigida, Hor. carm. 3, 10, 17) über der Erde dauernden Holzes gern als Bauholz benutzt, nach einigen die Wintereiche (Quercus Robur, Willd.), nach andern die Speiseeiche (Quercus esculus. L.), Varr. LL. 5, 153. Vitr. 7, 1, 2. Plin. 12, 3. Hor. carm. 3, 10, 17. Verg. georg. 2, 16 u. 291 (dazu Voß). Fronto ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 3. p. 7, 17 N.
