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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
- fit for eating, good to eat, eatable, edible, esculent
- Synonyms: edūlis, edibilis
- delicious, nourishing
- full of food
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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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)