frumentatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

frūmentātĭo, ōnis, f. [frumentor].

I A providing of corn , milit., a foraging , Caes. B. G. 6, 39, 1; Suet. Galb. 20.—In plur.: pabulationes frumentationesque, Caes. B. G. 7, 16, 3; 7, 64, 2.—

II A distribution of corn , Suet. Aug. 40; 42; Monum. Ancyr.

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