esculentus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ēsca (“food”) + -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eːs.kuˈlen.tus/, [eːs̠kʊˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /es.kuˈlen.tus/, [eskuˈlɛn̪t̪us]
Adjective[edit]
ēsculentus (feminine ēsculenta, neuter ēsculentum, comparative esculentior); first/second-declension adjective
- fit for eating, good to eat, eatable, edible, esculent
- delicious, nourishing
- full of food
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ēsculentus | ēsculenta | ēsculentum | ēsculentī | ēsculentae | ēsculenta | |
| Genitive | ēsculentī | ēsculentae | ēsculentī | ēsculentōrum | ēsculentārum | ēsculentōrum | |
| Dative | ēsculentō | ēsculentō | ēsculentīs | ||||
| Accusative | ēsculentum | ēsculentam | ēsculentum | ēsculentōs | ēsculentās | ēsculenta | |
| Ablative | ēsculentō | ēsculentā | ēsculentō | ēsculentīs | |||
| Vocative | ēsculente | ēsculenta | ēsculentum | ēsculentī | ēsculentae | ēsculenta | |
Derived terms[edit]
- ēsculenta
- esculenter (New Latin)
- esculentia
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “esculentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “esculentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- escŭlentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 602/2.
- “esculentus” on page 621/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)