messis
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmes.sis/, [ˈmɛs̠ːɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmes.sis/, [ˈmɛsːis]
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -em or -im).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | messis | messēs |
| Genitive | messis | messium |
| Dative | messī | messibus |
| Accusative | messem messim |
messēs messīs |
| Ablative | messe | messibus |
| Vocative | messis | messēs |
Synonyms
Descendants
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- messis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (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)
- to reap: messem facere
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