noun · neutersecond declension
frūmentum
frūmentum n (genitive frūmentī)
Classical[fruːˈmɛn.tũː]Ecclesiastical[fruˈmɛn.tum]
№ 936 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- grain
Mūnīre urbem, frūmentum convehere, tela arma parāre.
To strengthen the defences of the city, to accumulate stores of grain, to prepare a supply of weapons and armour.27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 29.4
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quod in agrīs crēscit et pānem dat; aestāte mātūrum et flāvum est.frūmentum -ī n — in Mille Verba, Rūs et Agrīcultūra
grain
frūmentum -ī — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 2, 7, 8, 13, 20
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | frūmentum | frūmenta |
| genitive | frūmentī | frūmentōrum |
| dative | frūmentō | frūmentīs |
| accusative | frūmentum | frūmenta |
| ablative | frūmentō | frūmentīs |
| vocative | frūmentum | frūmenta |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- frumentum providere exercitui
- to provide corn-supplies for the troops.
- frumenti vim maximam comparare
- to procure a very large supply of corn.
- frumenta in agris matura non sunt (B. G. 1. 16. 2)
- the corn is not yet ripe.
frūmentum, i, n. contr. from frugimentum, from FRVG, v. fruor; fruit, κατʼ ἐξοχήν, i. e.,
I. corn, grain (class.; in sing. usually of corn harvested):
Julianus scribit: frumentum id esse, quod arista in se teneat, recte Gallum definisse: lupinum vero et fabam fruges potius dici, quia non arista sed siliqua continentur, quae Servius apud Alfenum in frumento contineri putat, Dig. 50, 16, 77: sunt prima earum (frugum) genera: frumenta, ut triticum, hordeum; et legumina, ut faba, cicer, kinds of corn, Plin. 18, 7, 9, § 48: in segetibus frumentum, in quo culmus extulit spicam, etc., Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 1: triticum vel alia frumenta, Col. 8, 9, 2: triticeum, Mart. 13, 12: Galli turpe esse ducunt frumentum manu quaerere, Cic. Rep. 3, 9: frumentum ex agris in loca tuta comportatur, id. Att. 5, 18, 2: ut in itinere copia frumenti suppeteret, Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 1; 1, 48, 2: ingens frumenti acervus, Hor. S. 2, 3, 111; 1, 1, 45; Liv. 2, 52; 21, 48; 23, 12; 23, 21 et saep.: tessera frumenti, a ticket giving the holder a share in the public distribution of corn, Juv. 7, 174; cf. Dict. of Antiq. pp. 580 sq., 864.—In plur. (esp. of standing grain: frumenta sunt proprie omnia quae aristas habent, Isid. Orig. 17, 3): bona, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 17, 1: luxuriosa, Cic. Or. 24, 81: non modo frumenta in agris matura non erant, sed, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 2; 1, 40, 11; 3, 9, 8 et saep.: frumenta autumni matura in agris, Sall. H. 3, 67, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 72; 2, 1, 140; Liv. 23, 32; 25, 15; 31, 2; 33, 6 et saep.— II. Transf.: frumenta, the small seeds or grains of figs, Plin. 15, 19, 21, § 82; 17, 27, 44, § 256.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
frūmentum ī, n
1 FVG-, corn, grain, harvested grain : dierum triginta, enough for , Cs.: frumentum ex Aegypto Romam mittere: frumenti acervus, H.: advectum ex Campaniā, L.: tessera Frumenti, a ticket in the public distribution of corn , Iu.: hordeum ac frumentum, wheat , Ta.: grandia trudunt frumenta, grains of corn , V.— Standing corn, growing grain (usu. plur.): luxuriosa: frumenta in agris matura, Cs.: frumentis labor additus, V.: Condita post frumenta, harvest , H.: conlatio frumenti, L.: frumenta non serunt, crops , Cs.
Origins
From Old Latin *frūgmentom, equivalent to fruor (“to use, enjoy”) + -mentum (instrumental suffix). Compare frūmen.
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianfrumento
- Italianfromento
- Italianformento
- Dalmatianfurmiant
- Idofrumentofrom Italian frumento
- Interlinguafrumentofrom Italian frumento
- Sicilianfrummentu
- Venetanformento
- Venetanformenton
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanforment
- Frenchfromentfrom Old French froment
- Franco-Provençalfroment
- Middle Englishfurmentfrom Old French froment
- Middle Englishfirmentfrom Old French froment
- Middle Englishfrumentfrom Old French froment
- Hungarianfurmintfrom Old French froment
- Middle Englishfurmentefrom Old French froment
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulianforment
- Romanshfrument
Gallo-Italic
- Emilianfurmänt
- Lombardforment
- Lombardformenton
- Piedmonteseforment
- Piedmonteseformenton
In English words that came into English from frūmentum
- frumentaceousfrumentaceus
- frumentariousfrūmentārius
- frumentyfrūmentum
- frumentationfrūmentātiō
- frumentarianfrūmentātiō