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Italian
Noun
fenile m (plural fenili)
- (organic chemistry) phenyl
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Latin
Noun
fēnīle n (genitive fēnīlis); third declension
- Alternative form of faenīle
c. 77 CE – 79 CE,
Pliny the Elder,
Naturalis Historia 18.67.258:
- flōrem ex fēnilibus atque ē praesēpibus fēnō dīlāpsum spargere priusquam crātiantur
- to sprinkle with seeds fallen out of the hay from haylofts and mangers before the weeds are harrowed
- 6th C. CE, Venantius Fortunatus, Vita Sancti Germani 4.13:
Igitur quādam vice dum cibum fessus acciperet, ingrediente Amandō monachō in fēnīle cum lūmine, carbōne dēcidente flamma faenum corripuit et ārida nūtrīmenta vorāx ignis adlambit.- So one time while, tired, he was eating, with Amandus the monk entering the hayloft with a light, a flame from a falling coal seized the hay and the greedy fire licked the dry fodder.
1888, Georg Goetz, Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum II, Teubner, page 580, line 11:fenīle prātum- fenīle: meadow
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
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