A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin


Oak: quercus,-us (s.f.IV), abl. sg. quercu; see Quercus; cf. Gk. drys, (s.f.II), gen. sg. dryos: the oak, sacred to Zeus; tree; any timber tree; see dry-, dryo-; -drys,-yis (s.f.III): in Gk. comp., tree-, oak- [> Gk. drys, (s.f.II), gen. sg. dryos: the oak, sacred to Zeus; tree; any timber tree]. - dryophilus, dryophilous, wood-, or Oak-loving; dryophyllus, dryophyllous, with the character of Oak leaves [= quercifolius,-a,-um (adj.A)]. Aesculus,-i (s.f.II), abl.sg. aesculo: “the ancient name of some Oak or other mast-bearing tree” (Fernald 1950); classically, “a variety of oak-tree, perhaps either durmast or Hungarian oak” (Glare). Cerrus,-i (s.f.I), q.v., abl.sg. cerro: “a kind of oak, Turkey oak” [Quercus laevis Walter] (Lewis & Short); - in Cerris, & Quercubus circa Paterni horreum, ac alibi in agro Florentino, & Londino a D. Sherardo accepimus (Mich.), on Quercus cerris and Oaks around the warehouse of Paternum, and elsewhere in the Florentine region, and from London we have received one from D. Sherard. - Аd Cerros circa Paternum Vallis-Umbrosae horreum, in loco ‘Monte Реscoli (Mich.), on Turkey-oaks [Quercus laevis] around the Paternal Warehouse of Vallis Umbrosa, in the place [called] ‘Monte Pescoli.’ dry-, dryo-, q.v.; -drys,-yis (s.f.III): in Gk. comp., tree-, oak- [> Gk. drys, (s.f.II), gen. sg. dryos: the oak, sacred to Zeus; [fern] Dryopteris,-idis (s.f.III), the Oak-fern, > Gk. drys, oak + pteris, fern (Fernald 1950); Drynaria,-ae (s.f.I), a fern whose fronds resemble oak leaves. dryophyllus,-a,-um (adj.A): dryophylous; oak-leaved. Robur,-oris (s.n.III), abl. sg. robore: an oak-tree, applied to a specific kind of oak; the trunk or solid part of a living oak or other tree; any hard timber, esp. that of a deciduous oak; its timber. Suber,-eris (s.n.III), q.v., abl. sg. subere, nom.& acc. pl. subera: cork, the light, thick outer bark of the cork oak [> L. suber,-eris (s.n.III), the cork-oak, cork-tree, Quercus suber L. Dryopteris,-idis (s.f.III), the Oak fern.
Oak forest, grove or wood: Aesculetum,-i (s.n.II), abl.sg. aesculeto, a plantation, association or forest of aesculus (oak) trees. Cerretum,-i (s.n.II), abl.sg. cereto: a grove of Cerrus-trees (Quercus cerris; European Turkey-Oak) [> L. Cerrus,-i (s.m.II) + -etum,-i (s.n.II), q.v.]. Quercetum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. querceto.
Oak, growing on: quercicola,-ae (s.f.I); quercigenus,-a,-um (adj.A), quercigenous, growing on Quercus
oak-leaved, dryophyllous: dryophyllus,-a,-um (adj.A); quercifolius,-a,-um (adj.A).