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Annona

ANNO'NA

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Noun.
[L. annoma, from annus, a year, and signifying a year's production or increase; hence provisions.]
The custard apple, a genus of several species, one of which, the papaw, is common in the southern and western parts of the United States. [See Papaw.]

Definition 2024


Annona

Annona

See also: annona and Anona

Translingual

Etymology

Latin annona (corn, grain; means of subsistence)

Proper noun

Annona f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Annonaceae – flowering plants, consisting of tropical shrubs and small trees, including the soursop.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Miridae.

Hypernyms


English

Proper noun

Annona

  1. A settlement in Red River County, Texas.

Latin

Etymology

From annōna (yearly produce).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Annōna f (genitive Annōnae); first declension

  1. The goddess who is the personification of the yearly harvest.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative Annōna Annōnae
genitive Annōnae Annōnārum
dative Annōnae Annōnīs
accusative Annōnam Annōnās
ablative Annōnā Annōnīs
vocative Annōna Annōnae

Related terms

annona

annona

See also: Annona and Anona

Italian

Noun

annona f (plural annone)

  1. ration

Latin

Etymology

From annus (year).

Pronunciation

Noun

annōna f (genitive annōnae); first declension

  1. yearly produce, yearly income, annual output
  2. corn, grain; means of subsistence
  3. (metonymically) price of grain, or of some other food
  4. (figuratively) the prices, the market
  5. (military) provisions, supplies, rations

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative annōna annōnae
genitive annōnae annōnārum
dative annōnae annōnīs
accusative annōnam annōnās
ablative annōnā annōnīs
vocative annōna annōnae

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References

  • annona in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • annona in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ANNONA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “annona”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • want of corn; scarcity in the corn-market: difficultas annonae (Imp. Pomp. 15. 44)
    • the price of corn is going up: annona ingravescit, crescit
    • the price of corn is going down: annona laxatur, levatur, vilior fit
    • dearth of corn; high prices: caritas annonae (opp. vilitas), also simply annona
    • corn had gone up to 50 denarii the bushel: ad denarios L in singulos modios annona pervenerat
    • corn is dear: annona cara est
    • when corn is as dear as it is: hac annona (Plaut. Trin. 2. 4. 83)
  • annona in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • annona in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin