annona

annōna ae, f

annus, the year's produce : vectigal ex salariā annonā, out of the annual supply , L.— Means of subsistence, provisions, corn, grain, crop : Tum annona carast, is dear , T.: caritas annonae, scarcity : perfugia nostrae annonae, resources of our market : vilitas annonae, abundance . —Meton., the price (of grain), market : iam ad denarios quinquaginta in singulos modios annona pervenerat, Cs.: vetus, former prices , L.: annonam levare, to relieve scarcity : ad varietates annonae horreum, a storehouse against fluctuations in price , L.—Fig.: Vilis amicorum est annona, the market price , H.