messus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Perfect passive participle of metō
Participle edit
messus (feminine messa, neuter messum); first/second-declension participle
Declension edit
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 edit
References edit
- “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[1], 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)
- (ambiguous) the crop is in the blade: messis in herbis est (Liv. 25. 15)