faex

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *faiks, from earlier *fraiks, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“dregs, sediment”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fae̯ks/, [fäe̯ks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /feks/, [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) scum; 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 noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	faex	faecēs
Genitive	faecis	faecum
Dative	faecī	faecibus
Accusative	faecem	faecēs
Ablative	faece	faecibus
Vocative	faex	faecēs

Derived terms

• dēfaecō
• faecula

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 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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the dregs of the people: faex populi, plebis, civitatis
    
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “faex”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 420/2

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Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *mwajᶜ (“tree; wood”). Cognate with Thai ไม้ (máai), Northern Thai ᨾᩱ᩶, Lao ໄມ້ (mai), Lü ᦺᦙᧉ (may²), Tai Dam ꪼꪣ꫁, Shan မႆႉ (mâ̰i), Ahom 𑜉𑜩 (may), Nong Zhuang maex, Saek ไม.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

faex (1957–1982 spelling fəiч)

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

Derived terms

• faexcuk
• faexndoek
• faexraq
• faexsamoeg
• faexsaux
• faexset
• faexsouh
• ndoengfaex