iuglans

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

jūglans, glandis, f. [i. q. Jovis glans = Gr. Διὸς βάλανος],

a walnut; a walnut-tree : haec glans optima, et maxima, ab Jove et glande juglans appellata est, Varr. L. L. 5, § 102 Müll.: juglandium putamina, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58: juglandium umbra, Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 89.—Also with nux: nuces juglandes, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 86.

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