corn Copy link Outline I. Grain1. frūmentum (gen. term)2. frūges, um, f.II. A horny excrescence on the skin • corn: I. Grain: 1. frūmentum (gen. term): the yield of c., proventus frumenti, Plin. Ep.: in order that they might have a supply of c., ut copia frumenti suppeteret, Caes.: sometimes pl., when it includes various kinds of c., Caes. Adj.: pertaining to c., frūmentārius: esp. in phr. res frumentaria, which includes provisions of all kinds, but esp. corn food: a c. ship, f. navis, Caes.: a law respecting the distribution of corn, lex f., Cic.: c. land, fit for or devoted to growing c., f. ager, Varr.: places in which c. is grown, loca f., Caes.: a distribution of c., frūmentātio, Suet. 2. frūges, um, f.: v. produce. Phr.: the price of c., annōna: esp. as we say "the market:" q. v.: standing c., sĕges, ĕtis, f.: v. crop: an ear of c., spīca, ărista: v. ear: seed c., sēmentis is, f.: Col. (also used of young c., Gell.). II. A horny excrescence on the skin: clāvus, i: Plin.: more fully, pedis clavus, id., 22, 23, 49: to draw out (or extract) a c., pedis c. extrahere, ib.: in the same section occurs morticīnus, appy. as syn. for clavus.