cedrus
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Latin > English
cedrus cedri N F :: cedar/juniper; cedar wood; cedar-oil/tar (used as preservative/medicine)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cē̆drus: i, f., = κέδρος,
I the cedar, juniper-tree: Juniperus oxycedrus, Linn., which has a very fragrant wood, and furnishes an oil that protects from decay, Plin. 13, 5, 11, § 52; 16, 40, 76, § 203; Col. 9, 4, 3; Vitr. 2, 9, 13.—Of cedar-wood, Verg. G. 3, 414; id. A. 7, 13; 7, 178; Curt. 5, 7, 5; 8, 10, 8; Suet. Calig. 37.—Hence,
II Meton., cedar-oil (with which the backs of books were usually anointed to preserve them from moths and decay): liber flavus cedro, Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 13: perunctus cedro, Mart. 3, 2, 7; cf. Becker, Gall. 2, p. 219.— Hence, poet.: carmina linenda cedro, i. e. worthy of immortality, Hor. A. P. 332: cedro digna locutus, Pers. 1, 42.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cĕdrus,¹³ ī, f. (κέδρος), cèdre : Plin. 13, 52 || bois de cèdre : Virg. G. 3, 414 || huile de cèdre : Hor. P. 332.
Latin > German (Georges)
cedrus, ī, f. (κέδρος), I) die Zeder, u. zwar bes. der Zeder-Wachholder (Iuniperus Oxycedrus, L.), der ein sehr feines Harz, ein dauerhaftes, wohlriechendes Holz und ein vor Fäulnis schützendes Öl liefert, Vitr. u. Plin. – II) meton.: A) das Zedernholz, Verg., Curt. u.a. – B) das Zedernöl, liber flavus cedro, Ov.: carmina linenda cedro, d.i. der Unsterblichkeit wert, Hor.: u. so cedro digna locutus, Pers. – / In guten Hdschrn. auch caedrus, s. Gloss. Placid. V, 11, 4 (V, 53, 17). Wagner Orthogr. Verg. p. 419. – Nbf. cedra, ae, f., Plur. bei Petr. 38.
Latin > Chinese
cedrus, i. f. :: 香楠樹。石枬。Cedro digna loqui 堪傳于世之言。