oat
OAT OATS
plur. avena: oat-field ager avenā consitus: oat-cake panis avenaceus: oat-meal farina avenacea: oat-straw stramentum avenaceum: wild oats avena fatua (Liv.): to have sown one’s wild oats voluptates temperantia sua frenasse ac domuisse (Liv. 30 14).
plur. avena: oat-field ager avenā consitus: oat-cake panis avenaceus: oat-meal farina avenacea: oat-straw stramentum avenaceum: wild oats avena fatua (Liv.): to have sown one’s wild oats voluptates temperantia sua frenasse ac domuisse (Liv. 30 14).
oat: ăvēna: a crop of o.s, avenae seges, Virg. G. 1, 77: Col. 2, 11, init. Wild o.s, steriles a., Virg. G. 1, 154 (*a. fatua, Linn.). Adj., avenaceus (of o., oat-): o.-meal, farina avenacea, Plin. 22, 25, 67 o.-cake, *panis avenaceus. Phr.: to have sown one's wild o.s, perh. tanquam voluptatum stipendia emeruisse, cf. Cic. Sen. 14, 49; or, *voluptatibus defunctum esse (to have done with sensual pleasures): cf. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v. defungor. (Voluptates frenasse ac domuisse, given by R. and A from Liv. 30, 14, med., does not imply any previous period of dissipation.)