ilignus

From īlex, īlic- +‎ -nus. Compare larignus and salignus.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [iːˈlɪŋ.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iˈliɲ.ɲus]

īlignus (feminine īligna, neuter īlignum); first/second-declension adjective

1. oaken, of holm oak
   • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics 3.327–330:

     Inde, ubi quarta sitim caeli collegerit hora,
     Et cantu quaerulae rumpent arbusta cicadae,
     Ad puteos aut alta greges ad stagna jubebo
     currentem ilignis potare canalibus undam;
     […]

     • Translation by James B. Greenough, 1900

       When heaven's fourth hour draws on the thickening drought,
       And shrill cicalas pierce the brake with song,
       Then at the well-springs bid them, or deep pools,
       From troughs of holm-oak quaff the running wave:
       […]

First/second-declension adjective.

• “ilignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ilignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers