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annōna , ae, f. from annus, as pomona from pomum.
I. In gen., the yearly produce, the annual income of natural products, in the widest sense (cf.: “cibaria annua,Cato, R. R. 60): “vectigal novum ex salariā annonā,Liv. 29, 37: “lactis,Col. 8, 17, 13: “musti,id. 3, 21, 6; 3, 3, 10.—
II. Esp.
A. Means of subsistence, and, for the most part, corn or grain: “annona nisi in calamitate pretium non habet,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98: “vilitas annonae ex summā inopiā et caritate rei frumentariae consecuta est,id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44: “uberrimus ager ad varietates annonae horreum populi Romani fore videbatur,Liv. 7, 31: “clausis annonae subsidiis,Tac. H. 3, 48 fin.: “provincia annonae fecunda,id. ib. 1, 11; cf. Suet. Aug. 18: “annonae curam agere,id. Claud. 18; cf. id. Tib. 8: “praebebant annonam regi,Vulg. 3 Reg. 4, 7; ib. 4 Reg. 25, 30; ib. Dan. 1, 5 al.—Sometimes contrasted with frumentum, as provisions in gen.: copia frumenti et annona tolerabilis rerum aliarum, a supply, Liv 35, 44.—
2. Trop., the prices, the market: “Qui homines probi essent, esset īs annona vilior,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 140: “Vilis amicorum est annona, bonis ubi quid deest,cheap indeed is the market of friendship, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 24: “his opibus numquam cara est annona veneni,Juv. 9, 100.—Hence sometimes,
C. Dearness: cena hac annonā est sine sacris hereditas, at the present (i. e. high) market-price, at the present dear rate, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 83: “ob annonae causam,Cic. Dom. 5.—
D. In milit. lang., provisions, supplies: “necessitas annonam pariter et arma portandi,Veg. Mil. 1, 19: “annona decem et septem dierum,Amm. 17, 9.—Hence, meton., the loaves of bread them selves, rations (in this sense only in the plur.): ceteri annonas binas aut ternas accipiebant, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 42; cf. Cod. Th. 7,5.—
E. Personified, the goddess of the yearly produce: “ANNONAE SANCTAE AELIVS VITALIO, etc.,Inscr. Orell. 1810.
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