vegetable (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Of things belonging to the vegetable kingdomII. Vegetables for the table1. ŏlus, ĕris2. ŏluscŭlum • vegetable (subs.): I. Of things belonging to the vegetable kingdom: most gen. word perh. planta: Juv.: Col. Phr.: ea quae a terra stirpibus continentur, Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 83: quod ita ortum est e terra ut stirpibus suis nitatur, opp. animal, id. Tusc. 5. 13, 37: *res quae e terra gignuntur. II. Vegetables for the table: 1. ŏlus, ĕris: to dine on v.s, prandere olus, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 13. 2. ŏluscŭlum: pl.: Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13.