frumentarius

Sabinus, the prefect, sent a frumentarius (detective) to search for Dionysius directly the decree was published; he looked everywhere but in Dionysius's own house, where the saint had quietly remained.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

(_R. R..i. 7) of the relative degrees of productivity, although _vinea_ comes first (cf.p. 80) yet _pratum_ precedes _campus frumentarius_.

A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate 1885

7 Vinea est prima, ... secundo loco hortus inriguus, tertio salictum, quarto oletum, quinto pratum, sexto campus frumentarius, septimo silva caedua, octavo arbustum, nono glandaria silva.

A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate 1885