foenum

faenum (less correctly fēn-, not foen- ), i. n. [fe-, feo; whence felix, femina, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 86].

I.

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.—

II.

Faenum (fen-) Graecum, also as one word, faenumgraecum, fenugreek, Cato, R. R. 27, 1; Col. 2, 10, 33; Plin. 18, 16, 39, § 140.