Meanings
- not comparableSynonym of frumentarious.
A political result, we may also say aim, of the frumentarian plebiscite of Gaius was to disattach the city populace from its conservative moorings and to enlist it in the service of reform.
1909, George Willis Botsford, The Roman Assemblies from Their Origin to the End of the RepublicSynonyms: frumentarious
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of frumentarious.
Origin
From Latin frūmentātiō + -ian.
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frumentarian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frumentarian
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