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faenisicia

faenisicia

the mowing

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Where it lives

What it meant

1. faenisicia — de Vaan

faenisicia "the mowing' (Cato+); faeniculum 'fenneF (PL+). Pit. *feno- [nj. PIE *d h eh r no-'yield'. Because of an inscriptional form foenisicei in 117 BC, TLL and Leumann 1977 assume ihzXfae- is the oldest spelling. If so, the etymology is unknown. Others, e.g. WH, assume ihztfae- is a hypercorrect spelling for original β-. In that case, we can reconstruct *β~ηο- < *dhehrno- 'the yield' to the roof *d h eh r . … — [de Vaan, s.v. faenisicia, p. 225]

2. faenĭ-sĭcĭa — Lewis & Short

faenĭ-sĭcĭa (fēn-, foen-), ae, f., and ōrum, n.id.,

I mown hay: addere faenisiciae cumulum, Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; 1, 47 and 56: vindemias ac faenisicia administrare, id. ib. 1, 17, 2; 2, 11, 7; 3, 2, 6; Col. 2, 17, 6.

In the wild

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. faenisicia (scan pp. 225-226; entry #545). Root candidates: *feno-, *dhehrno-, *jenos-.

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