English search results for: stave

#1

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. beam/post
  2. firewood
  3. stave
  4. timber
  5. trunk/stump/tree
  6. wood
  7. wood (material)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. edible root, mixed with milk/forms loaf to stave off hunger (Caesar CW III)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: Found in a translation; no dictionary reference