Meaning of faenum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. hay
   declension-2, neuter
2. any dried plant
   broadly, declension-2, neuter, rare
3. fenugreek
   declension-2, neuter
4. Equivalent to 'Hay': The letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.

Equivalents

Examples

“Item faenum cordum, sīcīlīmenta dē prātō, ea arida conditō.”

In the same way, second-crop hay, aftermath from the meadow, store them dry.

“Laetō pinguīque campō non dēsīderātur īnfluens rīvus, meliusque habētur faenum, quod suāpte nātūrā sūcōsō gignitur solō, quam quod inrigātum aquīs ēlicitur.”

In a fertile and fat field there is no need for an inflowing stream, and the hay which is borne by its own nature in moist soil is considered better than that which is enticed, irrigated with water.

“124 CE – c. 170 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphōsēs 3.29”

So abstaining then, and with reason, from the roses and tolerating the present misfortune I was munching on hay in the likeness of a donkey.

“Sī fimum gallināceum animal in hordeō comedērit vel faenō sūmpserit, quasi ā venēnātīs bēstiīs percussum cruciātur […]”

If the animal has eaten chicken excrement in barley or taken with the hay, it is tormented as if struck by venomous beasts […]

“Similis ratiō avēnae est, quae autumnō sata partim caeditur in faenum vel pābulum dum adhūc viret, partim sēminī custōdītur.”

The same method is for oats, which, sown in autumn, are partially cut in hay or fodder while still green, and partially kept for seed.

“Iūmentīs herba nōn alia grātior, sīve viridis sīve in fēnō siccāta et, cum dētur, adspersa aquā.”

No other herb is more welcome to beasts of burden, either green or dried into hay, and besprinkled with water.

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