faenum, -i, n. :

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

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