faenĭ-sex

I. Prop., a mower, Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 2; Col. 2, 17, 4: igitur cornu propter oleum ad crus ligato faenisex incedebat, Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 261.—

II. Meton., poet. for countryman, rustic, Pers. 6, 40.