escŭlentus, a, um, adj. [edsco, from edo],
fit for eating , good to eat , eatable , edible , esculent; cf. poculentus: frusta, Cic. Phil. 2, 25 fin. ; cf. id. N. D. 2, 49; 56 fin. ; Scaev. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 17; Dig. 33, 9, 3, § 3: animalia (with innocua), Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 219: merces, Col. 11, 3, 50: ōs, i. e. filled with food . Plin. 8, 25, 37, § 90.— Comp. : a vino et esculentioribus cibis abstinere, i. e. more delicate , Hier. Ep. 22, 11.