annona

annōna, ae, f. [from annus, as pomona from pomum].

• In gen., the yearly produce, the annual income of natural products, in the widest sense (cf.: cibaria annua, Cato R. R. 60): vectigal novum ex salariā annonā, Liv. 29, 37: lactis, Col. 8, 17, 13: musti, id. 3, 21, 6; 3, 3, 10.—
• II Esp.
• • A Means of subsistence, and, for the most part, corn or grain: annona nisi in calamitate pretium non habet, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98: vilitas annonae ex summā inopiā et caritate rei frumentariae consecuta est, id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44: uberrimus ager ad varietates annonae horreum populi Romani fore videbatur, Liv. 7, 31: clausis annonae subsidiis, Tac. H. 3, 48 fin.: provincia annonae fecunda, id. ib. 1, 11; cf. Suet. Aug. 18: annonae curam agere, id. Claud. 18; cf. id. Tib. 8: praebebant annonam regi, Vulg. 3 Reg. 4, 7; ib. 4 Reg. 25, 30; ib. Dan. 1, 5 al.—Sometimes contrasted with frumentum, as provisions in gen.: copia frumenti et annona tolerabilis rerum aliarum, a supply, Liv. 35, 44.—
  • B.1 Meton., the price of grain or other food: quom cara annona sit, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 35 (495); id. Stich. 1, 3, 25 (179); Ter. And. 746; Cic. Div. 2, 27 fin.: annona est gravis, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 53 (631); so Suet. Aug. 25: incendere annonam, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 16: jam ad denarios quinquaginta in singulos modios annona pervenerat, Caes. B. C. 1, 52: nihil mutavit annona, Liv. 5, 12 (cf. id. 2, 34: annona vetus): annona acris, Tac. A. 4, 6: gravitas annonae, id. ib. 6, 13: in annonae difficultatibus, Suet. Aug. 41: annona macelli, id. Tib. 34.—
  • • 2 Trop., the prices, the market: Qui homines probi essent, esset īs annona vilior, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 140 (735): Vilis amicorum est annona, bonis ubi quid deest, cheap indeed is the market of friendship, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 24: his opibus numquam cara est annona veneni, Juv. 9, 100.—Hence sometimes,
  • C Dearness: cena hac annonā est sine sacris hereditas, at the present (i. e. high) market-price, at the present dear rate, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 83 (484): ob annonae causam, Cic. Dom. 5.—
  • D In milit. lang., provisions, supplies: necessitas annonam pariter et arma portandi, Veg. Mil. 1, 19: annona decem et septem dierum, Amm.17, 9.—Hence, meton., the loaves of bread them selves, rations (in this sense only in the plur.): ceteri annonas binas aut ternas accipiebant, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 42; cf. Cod. Th. 7,5.—
  • E Personified, the goddess of the yearly produce: ANNONAE SANCTAE AELIVS VITALIO, etc., Inscr. Orell. 1810.

annōna, ae, f. (viell. v. annus), der heurige, gegenwärtige Vorrat an Naturalien, insofern der Marktpreis davon abhängt, I) eig.: 1) im allg.: vini, Col. 3, 3, 10: musti, Col. 3, 21, 6: lactis, Col. 8, 17, 13. – dah. personif. als Göttin des jährlichen Ertrags, Annona sancta, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 22. – 2) Naturalien = Lebensmittel, bes. Kornfrüchte, Getreide, Getreidemarkt (= das zu Markte gebrachte Getreide), a) übh.: annonae pretium, Cic.: urbis annonaeque cura, Suet.: annonae caritas, Teuerung, Cic.: annonae vilitas, der wohlfeile Preis, Cic.: quotiens annona cara, Cato fr.: annona cara est, Ter.: si ann. carior fuerit, wenn Teuerung kommen sollte, Cic.: annonae difficultas, Cic., difficultates, Suet.: commercium annonae impedire, Liv. epit. – prägn., der Getreide-, Fruchtmangel, die Getreidenot, annonam queri, Liv.: annonā premente, Liv.: acri annonā fatigari, Tac.: allevare annonam populi Rom., Corp. inscr. Lat. 14, 3608, 25. – b) als milit. t.t. der Kaiserzeit = cibus castrensis, der Proviant, der Mundvorrat, Plin. pan., Veget. u.a. (vgl. Schwarz Plin. pan. 20, 3). – meton., die Portion an Lebensmitteln, auch im Plur., Lampr. u.a.: et tuas et palatii tui auferri iubebo propediem annonas, ich werde deine und deines Hofstaates Einkünfte anhalten lassen, Amm. 14, 7, 11. – II) meton., der heurige Preis der Naturalien, der heurige Marktpreis, ann. macelli, Varr. r.r. 3, 2, 16. Suet. Tib. 34, 1: ann. vini, Iuven. 9, 100: ann. salaria, Preis des Salzes, Liv. 29, 37, 2. – bes. der heurige Getreide-, Fruchtpreis, vetus, Liv.: media, Plin.: gravis, gravior, Suet. u. Vell.: varia, Sen. – annonae varietas od. varietates, Wechsel, wechselnder Stand, Cic. u. Liv.: annonae gravitas, Tac. – annonam excandefacere od. incendere, Varr., od. flagellare, Plin., Ggstz. annonam levare, laxare, Liv.: annona laxat, Liv.: annona convalescit, Suet. – bildl., vilis amicorum annona, wohlfeil erkauft man sich (erwirbt man) Freunde, Hor. ep. 1, 12, 24. – prägn., hoher Marktpreis, Teuerung, hāc annonā, Plaut. trin. 484: solacium annonae, Cic. agr. 2, 80: fidissimum annonae subsidium (v. Sizilien), Liv. 27, 5, 5: annonae perfugia, Cic. Phil. 8, 26: per annonae causam, Cic. de dom. 10.

annona [CL] 1 grain (esp. as rent; cf. A. Ballard The Domesday Inquest 194—5). b harvest (fig.). de ~a ad caballos modia quattuor Alcuin Ep. 298 p. 457; molinus reddens x modia frumenti et x modia grossae ~ae DB I 23; ~ae, id. bled, clxij acras DB I 69; unusquisque sochemannus qui habet j hidam aut plus reddit unam summam ~ae huic ecclesiae DB I 143b; de circet xj s.; de ~a unius anni xxx lib. DB I 154b; 1106 volo ut ‥ abbas ‥ reddat ‥ totam pecuniam suam sc. in ~a sicca et in pecudibus, quam apportavit ad terram suam de terris aliis; de domibus vero et ~is viridis ‥ fiat rectitudo (Breve regis) Chr. Abingd. II 93; 1157 decimam ~e Reg. Aberd. I 6; cum ~am equis apponendam ‥ manu ‥ purgaret Gir. TH I 36.  b ne, ‥ dum in ~a depressa peritura olera extirpare nituntur, justa potius plantaria cum malis ‥ eradicando precidant B. V. Dunst. 1; quatinus, dum sui ad fruges temporales ‥ vacarent, ille ‥ carpende ‥ invigilaret ~e spiritus Ad. Eyns. Hug. IV 14. 2 supply of food. b allowance (mon.). c lunch (infl. by nona). d earnest, payment to clinch bargain. [Saxones] ~as sibi eos [Britannos] affluentius ministrare cogunt Bede HE I 15; solet tunc [in Maio] ~a deficere Beleth RDO 127. 133; [cignus] consueverat ‥ ministrante ‥ edituo ~am percipere Ad. Eyns. Hug. III 7; de exigua tritici ~a ‥ multiplicati fuerant panes Blakman Hen. VI 20.  b in refectorio [subprior] ‥ dupplicem ~am habebit Obs. Barnwell 54; s1324 [rex] jussit ‥ bona ‥ religiosorum ‥ exterarum ‥ nationum ‥ seisiri, constituens prelatis ex his ~am ‥ nimis brevem, tres videlicet per septimanam solidos ‥ ac religiosis singulis xviij d. Flor. Hist. III 226; fratribus constitutam ~am ‥ offerat: ‥ ~am dicit alimoniam ciborum et victum omnem monachorum; hora enim nona veteres commedere solebant, et ideo a tempore ipso hore none ‥ omnis victus hominis ‥ nomen accepit ‘~a’ Cust. Cant. 131.  c 9‥ ~a, nonmete WW.  d p1285 (v. annonare); s1404 hic [in curiam Romanam] non intrat aliquis nisi facta annona (Vers.) Ad. Usk 89.

1 annōna, (9) æ, f. (annus), ¶ 1 production de lʼannée, récolte de lʼannée : vectigal ex salaria annona statuere Liv. 29, 37, 3, établir un impôt sur la production annuelle de sel ; vini, lactis Col. Rust. 3, 3, 10 ; 8, 17, 13, la récolte en vin, en lait ¶ 2 [surtout] la production en blé et en denrées alimentaires, lʼapprovisionnement en denrées : difficultas annonæ Cic. Domo 12, les difficultés de lʼapprovisionnement, cf. Liv. 7, 31, 1 ; 35, 44, 7 || [dʼoù] le cours [en fonction de la récolte] : vilitas annonæ, quantam vix ex summa ubertate agrorum diuturna pax efficere potuisset Cic. Pomp. 44, une baisse du cours des denrées, comme aurait à peine pu la produire une longue paix avec la plus féconde production des champs, cf. Verr. 2, 3, 195 ; Domo 11 ; Fam. 14, 7, 3 ; Cæs. C. 1, 52, 2 || [fig.] vilis amicorum est annona Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 24, le cours des amis nʼest pas cher, on acquiert des amis à peu de frais ¶ 3 [en part.] cours élevé, cherté des cours : Pl. Trin. 484 ; Cic. Agr. 2, 80 ; Phil. 8, 26 ; Domo 10 ; Liv. 27, 5, 5.

annona , ae. f.
一年之糧食。Annonae vilitas 五穀豐饒。糧賤 Ingravescit annona 糧價漸高。— laxat vel convalescit 糧價漸低。Annonam flagellare vel incendere vel excandescere 商擡粮價。Annonae caritas 糧贵。

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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.

ANNONA

ANNO´NAis used to signify, 1, the produce of the year in corn, fruit,,wine, &c.: hence, 2, provisions in general, especially the corn which, in the latter years of the republic, was collected in the storehouses of the state or in private granaries for the provisioning of Rome; 3, the price at which such corn was sold (e. g. Liv. 2.34, 4.12-Z2); 4, a tax in kind, usually one-tenth, levied in the provinces, even under the republic (Cic. in Rull. 2.2. 9; Leg. Manil. 6; pro Flacco 8; in Verr. 3.6, 7), and under the empire applied for provisioning the army; 5, the corn so distributed among the soldiers. [CONGIARIUM; FRUMENTATIO; PRAEFECTUS ANNONAE. ]

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Annōna

(from annus, like pomona from pomum). A name used (1) for the produce of the year, and hence

(2) for provisions in general, especially for the corn which in the latter years of the Republic was collected in the storehouses of the State, and sold to the poor at a cheap rate in times of scarcity; and which under the emperors was distributed to the people gratuitously or given as pay and rewards. (See Frumentariae Leges.)

(3) For the price of provisions.

(4) For a soldier's allowance of provisions for a certain time. It is used also in the plural for yearly or monthly distributions of pay in corn, etc. Similar distributions in money were called annonae aerariae. In the plural it also signifies provisions given as the wages of labour.

(5) Annona was anciently worshipped as the goddess who prospered the year's increase. She was represented on an altar in the Capitol as a female with the right arm and shoulder bare, and the rest of the body clothed, holding ears of corn in her right hand, and the cornucopia in her left.