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esculentus

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Latin

Etymology

ēsca (food) + -ulentus (full of, abounding in)

Pronunciation

Adjective

ēsculentus (feminine ēsculenta, neuter ēsculentum, comparative esculentior); first/second-declension adjective

  1. fit for eating, good to eat, eatable, edible, esculent
    Synonyms: edūlis, edibilis
  2. delicious, nourishing
  3. full of food

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: esculent
  • Italian: esculento
  • Spanish: esculento

See also

References

  • 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)
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