faex

Latin

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fae̯ks/
• (Later Latin) IPA^(key): /feks/

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)

Declension

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	faex	faecēs
genitive	faecis	faecum
dative	faecī	faecibus
accusative	faecem	faecēs
ablative	faece	faecibus
vocative	faex	faecēs

Descendants

• Dutch: feces (with plural: de feces zijn), fecaliën
• English: faeces, feces
• French: fèces
• German: Fäkalien
• Italian: feci

• Portuguese: fez, fezes
• Sardinian: feche, feghe, fexa, fexi
• Spanish: hez, heces
• Swedish: fekalier

References

• faex in Charlton T. Lewis & 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 Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the dregs of the people: faex populi, plebis, civitatis
    
• “faex” on page 420/2 of Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)

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Noun

faex ‎(old orthography fəч)

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