noun · femininethird declension
frūmentātiō
frūmentātiō f (genitive frūmentātiōnis)
Meaning
- foraging
- collection or distribution of corn; frumentation
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | frūmentātiō | frūmentātiōnēs |
| genitive | frūmentātiōnis | frūmentātiōnum |
| dative | frūmentātiōnī | frūmentātiōnibus |
| accusative | frūmentātiōnem | frūmentātiōnēs |
| ablative | frūmentātiōne | frūmentātiōnibus |
| vocative | frūmentātiō | frūmentātiōnēs |
frūmentātĭo, ōnis, f. frumentor.
I. A providing of corn, milit., a foraging, Caes. B. G. 6, 39, 1; Suet. Galb. 20.—In plur.:
pabulationes frumentationesque, Caes. B. G. 7, 16, 3; 7, 64, 2.—II. A distribution of corn, Suet. Aug. 40; 42; Monum. Ancyr.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
frūmentātiō ōnis, f
frumentor, a providing of corn, foraging.—Sing . and plur., Cs.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin frūmentātiō From frūmentor + -tiō.