Rate this phrase:0.0 / 0 votes

foenum habet in cornu

he has hay on his horns i.e. he shows signs of madness

Etymology:

  • The poet alludes to the custom of his time to cover the horns of the wildest oxen or bulls with hay or straw.
101 Views
“

fœnum habet in cornu, longe fuge (Horace)

Submitted on October 12, 2020

Translation

Find a translation for the foenum habet in cornu phrase in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Nearby phrases

Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to foenum habet in cornu

res ita (aliter) se habetaliquid me sollicitat, me sollicitum ha…potestatem habet in aliquem vitae necis…aliquid fidem habet (vid. also fides un…res ita est, ita (sic) se habetquod aliquam (magnam) dubitationem habe…virtus hoc habet, ut...res habet aliquid offensionis

Discuss this foenum habet in cornu phrase with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this foenum habet in cornu definition to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "foenum habet in cornu." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 21 Nov. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/LA/phrase/foenum-habet-in-cornu_62433>.

    Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a phrases master?

    »
    Of course I can do this quiz! It's a piece of ________.
    A shrapnel
    B history
    C cake
    D bread

    Browse Phrases.com

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ