_agrum colere_ (Leg. Agr. 2. 25. 67)—to till the ground.
_agros fertiles deserere_—to leave fertile ground untilled.
_agriculturae studere_ (opp. _agriculturam deserere_)—to have a taste
for agriculture.
_opus rusticum_—tillage; cultivation.
_in agris esse, habitare_—to live in the country.
_serere; semen spargere_—to sow.
_sementem facere_ (B. G. 1. 3. 1)—to look after the sowing.
_ut sementem feceris, ita metes_ (proverb.) (De Or. 2. 65)—as you sow,
so will you reap.
_laetae segetes_—the laughing cornfields.
_laetissimi flores_ (Verr. 4. 48. 107)—a glorious expanse of flowers.
_odores, qui efflantur e floribus_—the perfume exhaled by flowers.
_messis in herbis est_ (Liv. 25. 15)—the crop is in the blade.
_adhuc tua messis in herba est_ (proverb.)—your crop is still green,
_i.e._ you are still far from your ambition.
_frumenta in agris matura non sunt_ (B. G. 1. 16. 2)—the corn is not
yet ripe.
_messem facere_—to reap.
_fructus demetere_ or _percipere_—to reap.
_fructus condere_ (N. D. 2. 62. 156)—to harvest crops.
_messis opīma_ (opp. _ingrata_)—a good harvest.
_arbores serere_ (De Sen. 7. 24)—to plant trees.
_arbores caedere_—to fell trees.
_inopia_ (opp. _copia_) _rei frumentariae_—want of corn; scarcity in
the corn-market.
_difficultas annonae_ (Imp. Pomp. 15. 44)—want of corn; scarcity in
the corn-market.
_annona ingravescit, crescit_—the price of corn is going up.
_annona laxatur, levatur, vilior fit_—the price of corn is going down.
_caritas annonae_ (opp. _vilitas_), also simply _annona_—dearth of
corn; high prices.
_ad denarios_[1] _L in singulos modios annona pervenerat_—corn had
gone up to 50 denarii the bushel.
_annona cara est_—corn is dear.
_hac annona_ (Plaut. Trin. 2. 4. 83)—when corn is as dear as it is.
_rem pecuariam facere, exercere_ (cf. Varr R. R. 2. 1)—to rear stock.
_pastum agere_—to drive to pasture.
_pastum ire_—to go to pasture.
_pascere gregem_—to feed a flock (of goats).
_greges pascuntur_[2] (Verg. G. 3. 162)—the herds are grazing.
_alere equos, canes_—to keep horses, dogs.
_animalia quae nobiscum degunt_ (Plin. 8. 40)—domestic animals.
[1] _denarius_ = about 9-1/2 d., _vid._ Gow, Companion to School
Classics, p. 149.
[2] _pascere_ and _pasci_ are also used metaphorically, _vid._ iii. s.
v. _oculi_.