avena

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

avēna ae, f

oats, V.: steriles avenae, wild oats, V.: si avenam videris, i. e. weeds.—An oatstraw, straw (in a shepherd's pipe): structis cantat avenis, O.—Hence, an oaten pipe, pastoral pipe: tenui Musam meditaris avenā, V.

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