messis

messis

Latin

Etymology

From metō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmes.sis/, [ˈmɛs̠ːɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmes.sis/, [ˈmɛsːis]

Noun

messis f (genitive messis); third declension

1. harvest (action, season)

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

• messiō

Descendants

• Catalan: messes
• Italian: messe
• Old Portuguese: messe
  • Galician: més
  • 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 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)