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Annona
ANNO'NA
,Noun.
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.]
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Annona
Annona
Translingual
Etymology
Latin annona (“corn, grain; means of subsistence”)
Proper noun
Annona f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Annonaceae – flowering plants, consisting of tropical shrubs and small trees, including the soursop.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Miridae.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Annonaceae): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, magnoliids - clades; Magnoliales - order; Annonaceae - family
- (genus in Miridae): Insecta - class, Condylognatha - superorder, Hemiptera - order, Heteroptera - suborder, Cimicomorpha - infraorder, Miroidea - superfamily, Miridae - family, Deraeocorinae - subfamily, Hyaliodini - tribe
Latin
Etymology
From annōna (“yearly produce”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /anˈnoː.na/
Proper noun
Annōna f (genitive Annōnae); first declension
- 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
Latin
Etymology
From annus (“year”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /anˈnoː.na/
Noun
annōna f (genitive annōnae); first declension
- yearly produce, yearly income, annual output
- corn, grain; means of subsistence
- (metonymically) price of grain, or of some other food
- (figuratively) the prices, the market
- (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 |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Basque: anoa
- French: annone
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌽𐍉 (annō)
- Italian: annona
- Spanish: anona
- Translingual: Annona
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)
- want of corn; scarcity in the corn-market: difficultas annonae (Imp. Pomp. 15. 44)
- 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