noun · neuterthird declension
faenīle
faenīle n (genitive faenīlis)
Classical[fae̯ˈniː.ɫɛ]Ecclesiastical[feˈniː.le]
Meaning
- hayloft
Ergō omnī studiō glaciem ventōsque nivālīs, quō minor est illīs cūrae mortālis egestās, avertēs, vīctumque ferēs et virgea laetus
Therefore, the ice and the snowy winds, with all the zeal, the less human care [the animals] need, you shall keep away, and happily bring food and woody fodder, nor close the hayloft for the entire winter.c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 3.318–321[…] levēs cruciant animōs et corpora causae horrea utī saturent, tumeant et dōlia mustō,
[…] insubstantial concerns torment souls and bodies that barns be satiated, that casks also swell with wine, and that full haylofts rise on the reaped field.a. 75 CE, Lucilius Junior (uncertain), Aetna 270–272 - rarea meadow where hay is harvested
χορτοκόπιον faenīle faenī saecium
1888, Georg Goetz, Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum II, Teubner, page 478, line 6:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | faenīle | faenīlia fēnīlia |
| genitive | faenīlis fēnīlis | faenīlium fēnīlium |
| dative | faenīlī fēnīlī | faenīlibus fēnīlibus |
| accusative | faenīle | faenīlia fēnīlia |
| ablative | faenīlī fēnīlī | faenīlibus fēnīlibus |
| vocative | faenīle | faenīlia fēnīlia |
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-der. Latin faenum Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -īlis Latin -īle Latin faenīle From faenum + -īle.