faex

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fae̯ks/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fɛks/

Noun

faex f (genitive faecis); third declension

1. (of liquids) sediment, dregs
2. salt of tartar
3. brine used for pickling
4. rouge as makeup
5. (figuratively) the dregs of humanity
6. (Medieval Latin, brewing) grout (the mixture of malts and other ingredients that make up the grain bill and resulting mash in the brewing process of beer)

References

• faex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• faex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• faex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the dregs of the people: faex populi, plebis, civitatis
    
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “faex”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (in Latin), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 420/2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /fai˦˨/
• Tone numbers: fae⁴
• Hyphenation: faex

Noun

faex (old orthography fəч, Sawndip forms 𣔉, 㭑, 柫, 梶, 枇, 𣑶, 棑, 𬃮, 費, 棐, 𣚡)

1. tree
2. wood; lumber
3. rod; stick
4. casket; coffin