annonan.

Brit.

/aˈnəʊnə/, U.S.

/æˈnoʊnə/

Forms: 1700s anona, 1800s– annona.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin annōna.

Etymology: < classical Latin annōna annual produce, corn supply, provisions (see annonary adj.).

historical.

Grain or other provisions paid as a tax by landowners to the major cities of the Roman Empire. Hence generally: rations, provisions.

ΚΠ

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xl. 83 The Anona, or supply of corn for the use of the army and capital, was a grievous and arbitrary exaction.

1855 J. H. Newman Callista (1881) xvi. 181 A clerk..in the Officium of the society of publicans or collectors of annona.

1973 Classical Jrnl. 68 283 The emperor may have gone there to examine the possibility of increasing Sicily's share of the annona in order to offset the decreased amount of grain coming from Africa.

2005 C. Wickham Framing Early Middle Ages iii. 73 Durliat..argues that other cities were fed by annona. This is certain for Alexandria.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	annona
释义	annonan. Brit. /aˈnəʊnə/, U.S. /æˈnoʊnə/ Forms: 1700s anona, 1800s– annona. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin annōna. Etymology: < classical Latin annōna annual produce, corn supply, provisions (see annonary adj.). historical. Grain or other provisions paid as a tax by landowners to the major cities of the Roman Empire. Hence generally: rations, provisions. ΚΠ 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xl. 83 The Anona, or supply of corn for the use of the army and capital, was a grievous and arbitrary exaction. 1855 J. H. Newman Callista (1881) xvi. 181 A clerk..in the Officium of the society of publicans or collectors of annona. 1973 Classical Jrnl. 68 283 The emperor may have gone there to examine the possibility of increasing Sicily's share of the annona in order to offset the decreased amount of grain coming from Africa. 2005 C. Wickham Framing Early Middle Ages iii. 73 Durliat..argues that other cities were fed by annona. This is certain for Alexandria. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1788
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