esculentus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ēsca (“food”) + -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eːs.kʊˈɫɛn.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [es.kuˈlɛn.tus]
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.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | ēsculentus | ēsculenta | ēsculentum | ēsculentī | ēsculentae | ēsculenta | |
| genitive | ēsculentī | ēsculentae | ēsculentī | ēsculentōrum | ēsculentārum | ēsculentōrum | |
| dative | ēsculentō | ēsculentae | 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)