Translingual

Annona squamosa

Etymology

Latin annona ‎(“corn, grain; means of subsistence”)

Proper noun

Annona f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Annonaceae – flowering plants, consisting of tropical shrubs and small trees, including the soursop.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Miridae.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Annonaceae): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, magnoliids - clades; Magnoliales - order; Annonaceae - family
• (genus in Miridae): Insecta - class, Condylognatha - superorder, Hemiptera - order, Heteroptera - suborder, Cimicomorpha - infraorder, Miroidea - superfamily, Miridae - family, Deraeocorinae - subfamily, Hyaliodini - tribe

English

Proper noun

Annona

1. A settlement in Red River County, Texas.

Latin

Etymology

From annōna ‎(“yearly produce”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈnoː.na/

Proper noun

Annōna f ‎(genitive Annōnae); first declension

1. The goddess who is the personification of the yearly harvest.

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• annōna

Italian

Noun

annona f ‎(plural annone)

1. ration

Latin

Etymology

From annus ‎(“year”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈnoː.na/

Noun

annōna f ‎(genitive annōnae); first declension

1. yearly produce, yearly income, annual output
2. corn, grain; means of subsistence
3. (metonymically) price of grain, or of some other food
4. (figuratively) the prices, the market
5. (military) provisions, supplies, rations

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• annōnārius

Related terms

• Annōna

Descendants

• Basque: anoa
• French: annone
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌽𐍉 ‎(annō)
• Italian: annona
• Spanish: anona
• Translingual: Annona

References

• annona in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• annona in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ANNONA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “annona”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • want of corn; scarcity in the corn-market: difficultas annonae (Imp. Pomp. 15. 44)
    
  • the price of corn is going up: annona ingravescit, crescit
    
  • the price of corn is going down: annona laxatur, levatur, vilior fit
    
  • dearth of corn; high prices: caritas annonae (opp. vilitas), also simply annona
    
  • corn had gone up to 50 denarii the bushel: ad denarios L in singulos modios annona pervenerat
    
  • corn is dear: annona cara est
    
  • when corn is as dear as it is: hac annona (Plaut. Trin. 2. 4. 83)
    
• annona in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• annona in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin