A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

vescus,-a,-um (part.A): 'not having food' hence, small, little, thin, weak, feeble; stunted [> L. vescor, vescum, 3. to fill one's self with food, to feed, eat; with acc or abl.]; see poor.

Vescor: to make use of, put to use, use, make use of, enjoy; to feed on, devour; to take food, eat; to provide sustenance for, maintain.

Vesci: present active infinitive of vescor [vesci = adj.]

- Ob substantiam mollem & gelatinosam alimoniam præbet Laris, quos circa illam exspatiari & avide ea vesci observavi, & procul dubio a piscibus etiam devoratur (Dill.), because of the soft and gelatinous substance, it provides the food [i.e. sustenance] for sea-gulls, which I had observed spreading out around it and avidly eating it; doubtless it is also devoured by fishes.

Russula vesca Fr.

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