Latin

Noun

frūmentum n ‎(genitive frūmentī); second declension

1. corn (British usage), grain
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 29.4

     munire urbem, frumentum convehere, tela arma parare

     to strengthen the defences of the city, to accumulate stores of corn, to prepare a supply of weapons and armour

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

Descendants

• French: froment
• Italian: frumento

References

• frumentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• frumentum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FRUMENTUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “frumentum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the corn is not yet ripe: frumenta in agris matura non sunt (B. G. 1. 16. 2)
    
  • to provide corn-supplies for the troops: frumentum providere exercitui
    
  • to procure a very large supply of corn: frumenti vim maximam comparare