05.08.25: topic; the fruits of the earth [13]; Comenius (1658); fruits of trees (i); text and translation

fruits of Trees │ Frūctūs Arborum

Fruits are pull’d from fruit-bearing trees. │ Pōma dēcerpuntur ā frūctiferīs arboribus.

The apple is round. │ malum est rotundum.

The pear and fig are something long. │ pyrum¹ & fīcus sunt oblonga.

The cherry hangeth by a long start². │ cerasum pendet longō pediolō².

The plumb and peach by a shorter. │prūnum & persicum breviōrī.

The mulberry by a very short one. │mōrum brevissimō.

The wall-nut, the hazel-nut, and chest-nut, are wrapped in a husk and a shell. │nux jūglāns avellāna³ & castanea involūta sunt corticī & putāminī

Barren trees are the firr, the alder, the birch, the cypress, the beech, the ash, the sallow (willow), the linden-tree, &c., but most of them affording shade. │ sterilēs arborēs sunt abiēs, alnus, betula⁴, cupressus, fāgus, fraxinus, salix, tilia, &c. sed plēræque umbriferæ.

But the juniper, and bay-tree, yield berries. │ at jūniperus & laurus ferunt baccās

The Pine, Pine-apples. │ Pīnus, Strobīlōs.

The Oak, Acorns and Galls⁵. │ Quercus Glandēs & Gallās.

[1] Mediaeval Latin for pirum

[2] “start” = stalk; the Latin here is most likely a mis-spelling for petiolus (Late Latin): stalk, stem

[3] abellana

[4] Classical Latin: betulla

[5] oak-apples