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|lshtext=<b>faenum</b>: (less correctly fēn-, not [[foen]]-), i. n. fe-, feo; [[whence]] [[felix]], [[femina]], etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 86.<br /><b>I</b> Hay, Varr. R. R. 1, 9 sq.; Col. 2, 18; Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 258 sq.; Ov. M. 14, 645: Judaei, quorum [[cophinus]] faenumque [[supellex]], Juv. 3, 18; cf. id. 6, 542.—Plur., App. M. 3 fin.—Prov.: [[faenum]] alios aiebat esse oportere, i. e. seemed as [[stupid]] as oxen, Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 233: [[faenum]] habet in [[cornu]], i. e. he is a [[dangerous]] [[fellow]] (the [[figure]] [[being]] taken from an ox [[apt]] to [[gore]], whose horns were [[bound]] [[about]] [[with]] [[hay]]), Hor. S. 1, 4, 34.—<br /><b>II</b> Faenum ([[fen]]-) Graecum, also as one [[word]], faenumgraecum, fenugreek, [[Cato]], R. R. 27, 1; Col. 2, 10, 33; Plin. 18, 16, 39, § 140.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>fænum</b>, etc., v. [[fenum]], etc.
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|lnetxt=faenum faeni N N :: hay
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