fagus
Latin > English
fagus fagi N F :: beech tree
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
fāgus: i (
I nom. plur.: fagūs, Verg. Cul. 139), f. prob. root φαγ-, to eat; cf. faba and Gr. φηγός, φηγών; Germ. Buche; Engl. beech, originally a tree with edible fruit, = φηγός, a beech-tree: Fagus silvatica, Linn.; Verg. E. 1, 1; Caes. B. G. 5, 12, 5; Plin. 16, 5, 6, § 16 sq.; 24, 5, 9, § 14; Ov. M. 10, 92: felices arbores ... quercus, fagus, etc., Veran. ap. Macr. S. 3, 20, 2 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
fāgus,¹² ī, f. (φηγός), hêtre : Virg. B. 1, 1 ; Cæs. G. 5, 12, 5 || fāgŭs, ūs, Virg. Cul. 141, cf. Char. 130, 5.
Latin > German (Georges)
fāgus, ī, f. (φηγός, dorisch φαγός), I) die Buche Fagus silvatica, L.), fagus atque abies, Caes.: fagi folia, Plin.: fagi glans, Buchecker, Plin.: alta f., Verg.: altae fagi, Catull. – II) meton. = Bucheckern, Calp. ecl. 4, 35. – / auch nach der 4. Deklin., Nom. Plur. fagus, Ps. Verg. cul. 141: Akk. Plur. fagus, Varro fr. bei Charis. 130, 5.
