an appellation of Osiris among the Egyptians

frūgĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum (archaic gen. sing. fem. frugiferaï, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 7 P.; cf. Mart. 11, 90, 5, and v. infra), adj. [frux + fero], fruit-bearing, fruitful, fertile (class.).

Lit.:

ut agri non omnes frugiferi sunt, qui coluntur, sic animi non omnes culti fructum ferunt,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13: terraï frugiferaï, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 7 P. (Ann. v. 479 Vahl.);

hence comically used to denote Ennius himself: attonitus legis Terraï frugiferaï,

Mart. 11, 90, 5:

spatia frugifera et immensa camporum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161: et ferta arva Asiae, Poët. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 163:

cedrus,

Plin. 13, 5, 11, § 53:

nuces, Ov. de Nuce, 19: messes,

id. M. 5, 656:

numen,

i. e. Ceres, id. P. 2, 1, 15; so,

Frugifer,

an appellation of Osiris among the Egyptians, Arn. 6, 196.—

Trop., fruitful, profitable:

cum tota philosophia frugifera et fructuosa nec ulla pars ejus inculta ac deserta sit, tum nullus feracior in ea locus nec uberior quam de officiis,

Cic. Off. 3, 2, 5: hoc illud est praecipue in cognitione rerum salubre ac frugiferum, te, etc., Liv. praef. § 10.