Latin

Noun

messis m, f, n ‎(genitive messis); third declension

1. harvest (action, season)

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Synonyms

• messiō

Descendants

• Catalan: messes
• Italian: messe
• Portuguese: messe
• Spanish: mies

References

• messis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• messis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MESSIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “messis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to reap: messem facere
    
  • (ambiguous) the crop is in the blade: messis in herbis est (Liv. 25. 15)
    
  • (ambiguous) your crop is still green, i.e. you are still far from your ambition: adhuc tua messis in herba est (proverb.)
    
  • (ambiguous) a good harvest: messis opīma (opp. ingrata)