FRUMENTA, frumenta
Sounds Like: froo-MEN-tah
Translations: grains, corn, crops, provisions
From the root: FRUMENTUM
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to grains, corn, or crops, often used in a collective sense to denote agricultural produce, especially cereals. In its plural form, as seen here, it typically refers to a quantity of such produce, like a harvest or supplies of grain. It can also refer to provisions or supplies in general, particularly those derived from grain.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, FRUMENTUM.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- FRUMENTORUM — of grain, of corn, of provisions, of crops
- FRUMENTUM — grain, corn, wheat, provisions, food, a grain, a corn, a wheat, a provision, a food
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