faenisex

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

faenĭ-sex (fēn-, foen-), ĕcis (faenĭ-sĕca, ae, Pers. 6, 40), m. [faenum, I.; seco].

I Prop., a mower , Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 2; Col. 2, 17, 4: igitur cornu propter oleum ad crus ligato faenisex incedebat, Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 261.—

II Meton., poet. for countryman , rustic , Pers. 6, 40.