frumentatio

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Latin

Etymology

frūmentor +‎ -tiō

Noun

frūmentātiō f (genitive frūmentātiōnis); third declension

  1. foraging
  2. collection or distribution of corn; frumentation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

  • frumentatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • frumentatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • frumentatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • frumentatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • frumentatio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin