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).
crop (v.) Copy link Outline I. To nibble as goats, etc.II. To lop off1. mĕto, messui, messum, 32. tondeo, tŏtondi, tonsum, 2 (prop. to shear)3. curto, 1 (chiefly used in p. part.4. abscīdo, praecīdo, rĕcīdoIII. To take a crop off (land) • crop (v.): I. To nibble as goats, etc.: carpo, tondeo, attondeo: v. to browse. II. To lop off: 1. mĕto, messui, messum, 3: to c. the tops of lilies with a stick, virga lilia summa m., Ov.: v. to mow. 2. tondeo, tŏtondi, tonsum, 2 (prop. to shear): a c.'d skin, i. e. head, tonsa cutis, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 7 (see Orelli ad l.): to c. the head close, caput ad cutem t., Cels.: v. shave. 3. curto, 1 (chiefly used in p. part.: to cut short): with my hair c.'d by an awkward barber, curtatus inaequali tonsore capillos, Hor. Simly. the comp. dēcurto: v. mutilate. 4. abscīdo, praecīdo, rĕcīdo: i. e. to cut off: q. v. III. To take a crop off (land): Phr.: lands, valleys, that have been c.'d, tonsae novales, valles, Virg.: lands ought not to be c.'d too often, *ne saepius quam decet segetes arvis imperato.
CROP Copy link • CROP 1. s. The craw of a bird, ingluvies. Fruits of the earth, trees, etc., messis (PROP. the time of the harvest and the fruits, etc.: that are gathered): fructus (the produce; IMPROP., the profit): seges (the standing corn; also green crops, before they are cut; also figuratively; but poetically, and rare in this sense): fructus arborum: poma, plur.; arborum baccae, and baccae only (produce of trees; opposed to terrae fruges); quae ex arboribus gignuntur. An abundant crop, messis opima; seges grandissima atque optima (Varr.): ubertas in fructibus percipiendis: to gather the crops, messem facere (of harvest): fructus demetere et percipere; fructus percipere: the crops have been very fine this year, magnum frugum fructuumque proventum annus hic attulit (after Plin., Ep., 1, 13, 1); hic annus copiam frugum fructuumque effudit (after Cic., Brut., 9, 36): abundant crops, uberrimi laetissimique fructus (crops of vineyards and olive-yards): the gathering of the crops, frugum perceptio: to sow crops, fruges or fructus serere: to store or house crops, fructus comportare et condere: vines with a large crop of grapes, graves fructu vites: to yield a good crop, fructum ferre; fructum edere ex se: vineyards yield a very profitable crop, uberrimus est vinearum reditus: to gather an abundant crop, large condere: this field produces a good crop, hic ager efficit plurimum: this estate produces abundant crops, hic fundus est fructuosissimus. A crop (= hair cut close), capilli detonsi, praecisi, etc. 2. v. Cut short, decurtare (to shorten by cutting): curtare (to shorten, to diminish): detruncare (to mutilate by cutting): recidere (mostly poetically and post Augustan prose: pilos, barbam, capillos): praecidere (e.g., capillos): to crop the hair or head, praecidere, or detondere capillos, or crines: to crop the hair very short, caput attondere (Cels., 4, 3; of cutting it away in illness): to crop a man’s ears, aures decidere (Tac.). To pluck or cut off (produce), metere: demetere (to mow, to cut off): legere (of fruit): sublegere (in case of too great an abundance on the trees): detrahere alicui aliquid (to take off or down): carpere: decerpere (of flowers and general term): destringere alicui aliquid (of berries and leaves together): avellere (to pluck off). Of cattle, depascere: depascere herbas: derodere (to nibble or gnaw off; vites): tondere (gramina, pabula, dumeta): attondere (e.g., virgulta, Verg.): detondere (e.g., salices, gramina, Nemes., Ecl., 1, 6): CROP-FULL, satur: plenus: cibo satiatus: exsatiatus cibo vinoque.