messis

Latin

Etymology

From metō (“I mow, reap”) +‎ -tis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmes.sis/, [ˈmɛs̠ːɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate 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).

	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 Galician-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^[1], 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)