noun #2176

făba

gen. făbae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

for fag-va, Sanscr. root bhaj-, to divide, share; bhak-tam, food; Gr. φαγ-εῖν, to eat; cf. fāgus

a bean; horse-bean

a bean, Vicia faba, Linn.; Gr. κύαμος, more correctly, perh., our horse-bean.

Prop., Cato, R. R. 35, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 1; Col. 2, 10, 5; Plin. 18, 12,… •

Prop., Cato, R. R. 35, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 1; Col. 2, 10, 5; Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 117; 19, 8, 40, § 133; 27, 5, 23, § 40: perque fabam repunt (grues) et mollia crura reponunt, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. G. 3, 76 (Ann. v. 545 ed. Vahl.); not eaten by the Pythagoreans, Cic. Div. 1, 30, 62; 2, 58, 119; Hor. S. 2, 6, 63; Gell. 4, 11, 4; and neither to be touched nor named by the Flamen Dialis, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 12; Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 13 Müll.—

proverbial

St. Repperi. Ly. Quid repperisti? St. Non quod pueri clamitant, In faba se…

St. Repperi. Ly. Quid repperisti? St. Non quod pueri clamitant, In faba se repperisse, Plaut. Aul. 5, 11.—

I shall have to smart for it

Istaec in me cudetur faba, i. e. I shall have to smart for it, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89 Don.—

Tam perit quam extrema faba, in proverbio est, quod ea plerumque aut proteritur…

Tam perit quam extrema faba, in proverbio est, quod ea plerumque aut proteritur aut decerpitur a praetereuntibus, Fest. S. V. TAM, p. 363, 17 Müll.—

grains of wheat by extension •

Transf., of things of a similar shape: of grains of wheat, Plin. 18, 10, 21, § 95: faba caprini fimi, goat's dung, id. 19, 12, 60, § 185.—As a measure, Veg. Vet. 3, 12, 3.

Perseus ID: n17452 Key: faba