crop Copy link Outline I. The produce of fields1. sĕgĕs, ĕtis, f. (standing corn or other crops)2. frūges, um, f. (general term for field-produce, while fructus refers esp. to the produce of trees)3. săta, orum (only in pl., and signifying whatever is sown4. messis, is, f.5. prōventus, ūs (i. e. the produce or yield, of corn, etc.)6. annus (the year's produceII. The first stomach of a bird • crop: I. The produce of fields: 1. sĕgĕs, ĕtis, f. (standing corn or other crops): to have c.s on the hills and in the plains, segetes collibus et campis habere, Lucr.: a c. of spelt ripe for the harvest, s. farris matura messi, Liv.: a c. of flax and oats, s. lini et avenae, Virg.: a c. of peas, s. leguminum, Col. Fig.: the shield-bearing c. of men (sprung from the dragon's teeth), s. clipeata virorum, Ov.: a c. of crimes, s. scelerum, Prud. 2. frūges, um, f. (general term for field-produce, while fructus refers esp. to the produce of trees): to plant c.s, trees, fruges, arbores serere, Cic.: v. fruits, produce. 3. săta, orum (only in pl., and signifying whatever is sown: poet.): joyous (abundant) c.s, laeta s., Virg. 4. messis, is, f.: v. harvest. 5. prōventus, ūs (i. e. the produce or yield, of corn, etc.): a triple c. (of figs), trifer p., Plin.: an abundant c. of grapes, uber vinearum (strictly of the vineyards) proventus, Suet. Fig.: a c. of poets, p. poetarum, Plin. Ep.: a c. of great men, clarorum virorum p., Just. The same sense may be expr. by the verb: as, to yield a better c., melius provenire, Col.: the c.s are more abundant, segetes melius proveniunt, id. 6. annus (the year's produce: rare): to wait for a c., exspectare annum, Tac.: the Pharian (Egyptian) c., Pharius a., Stat. (a harsh expression). Phr.: a soil which bears very abundant c.s, quae plurimum efficit, Cic. (v. yield): here grapes yield a more abundant c., hic melius veniunt (in prose proveniunt) uvae, Virg. II. The first stomach of a bird: inglŭvies, ēi: he fills his c. with frogs, implet in. ranis, Virg.: Col. (also called sinus gutturis, Plin.: v. Gesn. Lex. Rust. s. v. ingluvies).