Noun: faenum
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Declension: Second
Nominative
| Singular | faenum |
| Plural | faena |
Genitive
| Singular | faenī |
| Plural | faenōrum |
Dative
| Singular | faenō |
| Plural | faenīs |
Accusative
| Singular | faenum |
| Plural | faena |
Ablative
| Singular | faenō |
| Plural | faenīs |
Vocative
| Singular | faenum |
| Plural | faena |
Sample Sentences
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Item faenum cordum, sīcīlīmenta dē prātō, ea arida conditō. (In the same way, second-crop hay, aftermath from the meadow, store them dry.) [234 BCE – 149 BCE, Marcus Porcius Cato, De agri cultura 5.8]
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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.) [4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 2.16.3]
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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.)
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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 […]) [c.''' 400 CE, Vegetius, Mūlomedicīna 2.148.1]
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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.) [4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 2.10.32]
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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.) [77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 24.118.178]
Nouns inflected like faenum
palmētum,
miliardum,
rēctangulum,
bactērium,
frūctum,
melimēlum,
scītum,
scūtum,
lanthanum,
sertum,
sacrum,
pentaptōtum,
dēcrēmentum,
sorbum,
fundibulum,
alphabētum,
siglum,
signum,
flābrum,
nūtrīmentum, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *fēnom (“hay”), from earlier *θēnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-no- (“yield”), from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle; to nurse”); on the semantic shift, compare fecundus (“fertile”).
Verbs referencing "faenum"
Italian Nouns
fieno, French Nouns
foin, Galician Nouns
feo, Galician Nouns
fananco.
Translations