alnus

Latin > English

alnus alna, alnum ADJ :: of alder-wood, alder-
alnus alnus alni N F :: alder; (something usually made of alder wood) plank, bridge, boat, ship

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

alnus: i, f. akin to Swed. al; A. S. aler; Germ. Eller; Engl. alder, elder,
I the alder, which flourishes in moist places: Betula alnus, Linn.; cf. Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 218; Cat. 17, 18; Verg. G. 2, 110: alnorum umbracula, Cic. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4.—Poet., any thing made of alder-wood; so esp., a ship, since it was much used in ship-building: tunc alnos primum fluvii sensere cavatas, Verg. G. 1, 136; so id. ib. 2, 451; Luc. 2, 426: amica fretis, Stat. Th. 6, 106 al.; and of pales or posts, Luc. 2, 486; 4, 422.—The sisters of Phaëton, while bewailing his death, were changed to alders, acc. to Verg. E. 6, 62; cf. with it id. A. 10, 190; Claud. Fescenn. Nupt. Hon. 14.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

alnus,¹³ ī, f.,
1 aune (aulne) [arbre] : Plin. 16, 218 ; Virg. G. 2, 110
2 ce qui est fait en bois d’aune, [en part. les bateaux] : Virg. G. 1, 136.

Latin > German (Georges)

alnus, ī, f. (aus ›alsnos‹, litauisch elksnis, ahd. elira, holländ. els, nhd. Eller, Erle), I) die Erle, Eller (Betula alnus, L.), Vitr., Plin. u.a. – alnus nigra, die »schwarze Erle, der Faulbaum (Rhamnus frangula, L.)«, Plin. – II) meton. (poet.): a) der erlene Balken einer Schiffsbrücke, Lucan. 2, 486; 4, 422. – b) das Fahrzeug, Schiff, der Kahn aus Erlenholz, Verg. u.a. – / Als masc., Comp. Vitruv. de div. fabr. archit. 297, 20 R.

Latin > Chinese

alnus, i. f. :: 楡樹