faenum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →faenum, faeni:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hay; [~ Graecum => fenugreek];
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...pluma, Interior cycni quam tibi lana dedit. CLXII Faenum. Fraudata tumeat fragilis tibi culcita mula. Non venit..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...omnes hi metuunt versus, odere poetas. 'faenum habet in cornu, longe fuge; dummodo risum excutiat sibi..."
