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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia), from κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kástana).
Pronunciation
Noun
castanea f (genitive castaneae); first declension
- a chestnut tree
70 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Eclogues 7.53:
- Stant et iūniperī et castaneae hirsūtae
- Here stand junipers and shaggy chestnut trees
- a chestnut (nut)
Declension
First-declension noun.
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References
- “castănĕa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “castanea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- castănĕa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 271/2.
- “castanea” on page 281/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)