messus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of metō

Participle

messus (feminine messa, neuter messum); first/second-declension participle

  1. cut, mowed, reaped

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative messus messa messum messī messae messa
Genitive messī messae messī messōrum messārum messōrum
Dative messō messō messīs
Accusative messum messam messum messōs messās messa
Ablative messō messā messō messīs
Vocative messe messa messum messī messae messa

Descendants
  • Gascon: mes ⇒ messa

References
  • “messus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “messus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (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)
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