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^[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)