fenile

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Italian

Noun

fenile m (plural fenili)

  1. (organic chemistry) phenyl

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

fēnīle n (genitive fēnīlis); third declension

  1. 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).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fēnīle fēnīlia
Genitive fēnīlis fēnīlium
Dative fēnīlī fēnīlibus
Accusative fēnīle fēnīlia
Ablative fēnīlī fēnīlibus
Vocative fēnīle fēnīlia

Descendants

  • French: fenil
  • Italian: fienile
  • Piedmontese: fèner
  • Spanish: henil

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