messis

From metō (“to mow, reap”) + -tis.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛs.sɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛs.sis]

messis f (genitive messis); third declension

1. harvest (action, season)

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -em or -im).

• messiō

• “messis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “messis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "messis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “messis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to reap: messem facere
    
  • (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)