esculentus

== Latin == === Etymology === From ēsca (“food”) + -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eːs.kʊˈɫɛn.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [es.kuˈlɛn.tus] === 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ēsculenta esculenter (New Latin) esculentia ==== Descendants ==== English: esculent Italian: esculento Spanish: esculento ==== See also ==== pōculentus === 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)