Latin

Noun

seges f ‎(genitive segetis); third declension

1. a cornfield
2. (by extension) the standing corn, growing corn, crop
3. (by extension) a field, ground, soil; arable land
4. (figuratively) a crop, fruit, produce, result, profit
5. (figuratively) a thicket, forest, multitude

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (crop): messis

Derived terms

• segetālis
• Segetia

References

• seges in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• seges in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SEGES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “seges”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the laughing cornfields: laetae segetes
    
• Pokorny, 2405