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|lshtext=<b>frūmentum</b>: i, n. contr. from frugimentum, from FRVG, v. [[fruor]]; [[fruit]], κατ ἐξοχήν, i. e.,<br /><b>I</b> [[corn]], [[grain]] ([[class]].; in <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]> [[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.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.: frumenta, the [[small]] seeds or grains of figs, Plin. 15, 19, 21, § 82; 17, 27, 44, § 256.