the Fabies, from beans
Original French: les Fabies, des Febues:
Modern French: les Fabies, des Febves:
Among the plants named by reciprocal denomination.
Notes
Faba
Meydenbach, Jacob, Ortus Sanitatis. Mainz, Germany: 1491. 87r. University of Cambridge Digital Library
Faba
Meydenbach, Jacob, Ortus Sanitatis. Mainz, Germany: 1491. 87r. University of Cambridge Digital Library
Fabies
Les Fabius.
Rabelais, François (ca. 1483–1553), Le Rabelais moderne, ou les Œuvres de Rabelais mises à la portée de la plupart des lecteurs. François-Marie de Marsy (1714-1763), editor. Amsterdam: J.-F. Bernard, 1752. p. 152. Google Books
Fabii
Pliny xviii. 3, § 3.
Rabelais, François (ca. 1483–1553), The Five Books and Minor Writings. Volume 1: Books I-III. William Francis Smith (1842–1919), translator. London: Alexader P. Watt, 1893. Internet Archive