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Fagus

Fagus

See also: fagus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin fāgus (beech).

Proper noun

Fagus f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fagaceae – the beech trees.

Hypernyms

Derived terms


English

Proper noun

Fagus

  1. the Celtic god of beech trees

fagus

fagus

See also: Fagus

Latin

fāgus (beech tree)

Noun

fāgus f (genitive fāgī); second declension

  1. beech tree
    • Vergilius; found in both Georgicon (Book IV, line 566) and Eclogae (Book I, line 1)
      Sub tegmine fagi.
      Under the shade of a beach tree.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative fāgus fāgī
genitive fāgī fāgōrum
dative fāgō fāgīs
accusative fāgum fāgōs
ablative fāgō fāgīs
vocative fāge fāgī

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Sardinian: fagu, fau
  • Sicilian: fagu, fau, favu
  • Spanish: haya
  • Translingual: Fagus
  • Venetian: fajo, fasa, faxa, fagaro, faghèr, faghèra

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