A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Abies,-etis (s.f.III), abl.sg. Abiete: the fir-tree (Pinus picea, L.), the classical Latin name (Pinaceae); Abies balsamea (L.) Mill. forma hudsonia (Jacques) Fern. & Weath.; A. Fraseri (Pursh) Poir. fo. prostrata (Rehd.); Pholiota abietis (gen.sg.), a mushroom found on conifer wood.

   singular     plural    Abies,-etis Mill. (s.f.III) ‘fir-tree’

Nom. Abies     Abietes
Gen. Abietis   Abietum
Dat. Abieti    Abietibus
Acc. Abiem     Abietes
Abl. Abiete    Abietibus

NOTE: Abies, the fir-tree of classical Latin, has its genitive singular in -etis, hence is a third (not a fifth) declension noun.

- abietis arbor, the fir-tree.

- trabecula ligni Pini Abietis putrilagine contaminata (Hedw.), small beams of the wood of the Pine Abies contaminated with rot.

- [lichen] formam diminutam ad ligna putrescentia Abietis prope Mont-Dore Arverniae in Gallia legi (Nyl.), I have collected a small [cf. depauperate] form on the putrescent wood of a fir near Mont-Dore of Arvernia in France.

- [lichen] in pinetis Scandinavicis, ad ligna et cortices, praesertim ad truncos pini vel abietis vetustos decorticatos (Nyl.), in Scandinavian pine-woods, on the wood and bark, chiefly on the very old decorticated trunks of pine or fir.

- [lichen] ad lignum induratum abietis in Vogesis (Mougeot). (Nyl.), on the hardened wood of fir [trees] in the Voges [Mountains].

- [lichen] supra rupes, terram muscosam et ad radices abietum in Helvetia, (Nyl.), over rocks, mossy earth and on the roots of firs in Switzerland.

- [fungi] occurrit in Abiete hinc inde, sed parum frequens (S&A), it occurs here and there on Abies, but is not very frequent.

- [fungi] abundantissima var. utraque in acubus Pinorum — Abietis, ubi major est et perfectior (S&A), both varieties very much abundant on the needles [sc. leaves] of Pines- Abies, in which place it is larger and more perfect [i.e. complete].

- [fungi] legimus speciem raram in terra rasa acubus obtecta sub Abiete (S&A), we have collected the species [scattered, thin] on polished [i.e. cleared] earth overspread with needles under Fir.

- [fungi] utraque in Abiete Pinove putrefacta ac paene consumta hinc illinc reperta; ineunte Augusto (S&A), both [sc. varieties] are found here and there on rotted and almost consumed Abies or Pinus.

- [fungi] In foliis Abietis (propaginum inprimis novarum) maculae steriles dilutiores vulgatae (S&A), the paler sterile spots common on the leaves of Abies (especially of young shoots).

- [fungi] parasitatur species distinctissima solitaria gregariaque in Strobilis Pinorum sylvestris [sic] et Abietis (S&A), a most distinctive species, solitary and gregarious parasitic on the cones of the [wild] Pines and Fir.

- [fungi] vulgaris utraque in sylvis acerosis: [var. B], in Pino aeque ac Abiete epixyla (S&A), each [sc. variety] common in needle-leaved [i.e. coniferous] forests: (var. B), as epixylic on Pine as equally on Fir.

- [fungi] innascitur varietas haecce elegantula notabilis acubus Pinorum, inprimis Abietis, hinc illinc frequens (S&A), this particular elegant, remarkable variety grows here and there on the needles of Pines, especially fir [= Pinus abies L.].

- [fungi] in sylvarum penetralibus opacis truncos ramosve deciduos colit Abietis, sed et Capreae, Coryli etc. (S&A), it lives in the dark interior of forests on trunks or fallen branches of Abies, but also of [Salix?] Caprea, Corylus, etc.

- [fungi] utramque var. mixtam alimus loco unico ad Abietum truncos radicesque coelo pluvio frequentem (S&A), we maintain each variety mixed in one place on the trunks and roots of Abies [sc. trees] frequent in rainy weather.

- [fungi] vulgaris occurrit in sylvis abietinis (nec aliis) umbrosis muscosis, ubi ad radices praesertim Pinorum Abietis ac piceae, quarum ramulis dejectis emortuis inhaerere solet (S&A), common, it lives in shaded, mossy fir-forests (not other ones), where on the roots especially of Pines, Abies and picea, it is accustomed to adhering to fallen, dead branchlets.

Pinus abies L. = Picea abies, the Norway spruce.