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noun #706

ăcer

gen. ăcĕris · gender neuter · decl. 3rd
kindred with Germ. Ahorn ( Serv. ap. Prisc. p. 698 P.)
the maple-tree
the maple-tree, Plin. 16, 15, 26, § 66 sq.—
the wood of the maple-tree; maplewood by extension
Transf., the wood of the maple-tree, maplewood, used, on account of its hardness and firmness, for writing-tablets, Plin. 33, 11, 52, § 146; Ov. Am. 1, 11, 28.
Perseus ID: n434 Key: acer1