LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

ēsculentus

ēsculentus (feminine ēsculenta, neuter ēsculentum, comparative esculentior)
Classical[eːs.kʊˈɫɛn.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[es.kuˈlɛn.tus]
ēsculenta sg. nom. f.; pl. nom. n.; pl. acc. n.; sg. abl. f.; sg. voc. f.; pl. voc. n.

Meaning

  1. adjectivefit for eating, good to eat, eatable, edible, esculent
  2. adjectivedelicious, nourishing
  3. adjectivefull of food

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeēsculentusēsculentaēsculentum
genitiveēsculentīēsculentaeēsculentī
dativeēsculentōēsculentaeēsculentō
accusativeēsculentumēsculentamēsculentum
ablativeēsculentōēsculentāēsculentō
vocativeēsculenteēsculentaēsculentum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeēsculentīēsculentaeēsculenta
genitiveēsculentōrumēsculentārumēsculentōrum
dativeēsculentīsēsculentīsēsculentīs
accusativeēsculentōsēsculentāsēsculenta
ablativeēsculentīsēsculentīsēsculentīs
vocativeēsculentīēsculentaeēsculenta

escŭlentus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. 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.

Origins

From ēsca (“food”) + -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”).

Descendants
  • Englishesculent
  • Italianesculento
  • Spanishesculento

In English words that came into English from ēsculentus

  • esculentēsculentus

Quick answers

What does ēsculentus mean in Latin?
ēsculentus, a adjective, means “fit for eating, good to eat, eatable, edible, esculent; delicious, nourishing; full of food”.
How do you pronounce ēsculentus?
In classical Latin, [eːs.kʊˈɫɛn.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [es.kuˈlɛn.tus].