The Latin word for grain or cereal crops, especially wheat; used in English academic and historical contexts.
Pure Latin word from the root fruor (to enjoy) or possibly related to fruges (fruits/produce). The word was central to Roman administrative terminology and Roman military history.
If you know Latin, 'frumentum' is like a time machine—Roman soldiers received monthly 'annona' (grain rations) recorded in frumentum, and the cost of keeping armies fed determined which generals could conquer which territories; literally the logistics of empire.
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