faex

The origin is uncertain.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fae̯ks/, [fäe̯ks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /feks/, [fɛks]

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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)

Third-declension noun.

• dēfaecō
• faecula

• “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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faex

Wikipedia ^za

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), Saek ไม.

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

faex (1957–1982 spelling fəiч)

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