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frūmentum , i, n. contr. from frugimentum, from FRVG, v. fruor; fruit, κατ̓ ἐξοχήν, i. e.,
I.corn, grain (class.; in sing. usually of corn harvested): “Julianus scribit: frumentum id esse, quod arista in se teneat, recte Gallum definisse: lupinum vero et fabam fruges potius dici, quia non arista sed siliqua continentur, quae Servius apud Alfenum in frumento contineri putat,Dig. 50, 16, 77: sunt prima earum (frugum) genera: frumenta, ut triticum, hordeum; “et legumina, ut faba, cicer,kinds of corn, Plin. 18, 7, 9, § 48: “in segetibus frumentum, in quo culmus extulit spicam, etc.,Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 1: “triticum vel alia frumenta,Col. 8, 9, 2: “triticeum,Mart. 13, 12: “Galli turpe esse ducunt frumentum manu quaerere,Cic. Rep. 3, 9: “frumentum ex agris in loca tuta comportatur,id. Att. 5, 18, 2: “ut in itinere copia frumenti suppeteret,Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 1; 1, 48, 2: “ingens frumenti acervus,Hor. S. 2, 3, 111; 1, 1, 45; Liv. 2, 52; 21, 48; 23, 12; 23, 21 et saep.: tessera frumenti, a ticket giving the holder a share in the public distribution of corn, Juv. 7, 174; cf. Dict. of Antiq. pp. 580 sq., 864.—In plur. (esp. of standing grain: “frumenta sunt proprie omnia quae aristas habent,Isid. Orig. 17, 3): bona, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 17, 1: “luxuriosa,Cic. Or. 24, 81: “non modo frumenta in agris matura non erant, sed, etc.,Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 2; 1, 40, 11; 3, 9, 8 et saep.: “frumenta autumni matura in agris,Sall. H. 3, 67, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 72; 2, 1, 140; Liv. 23, 32; 25, 15; 31, 2; 33, 6 et saep.—
II. Transf.: frumenta, the small seeds or grains of figs, Plin. 15, 19, 21, § 82; 17, 27, 44, § 256.
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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 5.18.2
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 1.16.2
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 1.3.1
    • Horace, Satires, 2.3.111
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 18.48
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 23, 32
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 52
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 25, 15
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 23, 12
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 48
    • Cicero, De Republica, 3.9
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 13.17.1
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 8.9.2
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 13.12
    • Cicero, Orator, 24.81
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