rarus, rara -um, rarior -or -us, rarissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
thin, scattered; few, infrequent; rare; in small groups; loose knit;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | rarus | rari |
| Gen. | rari | rarorum |
| Dat. | raro | — |
| Acc. | rarum | raros |
| Voc. | rare | rari |
| Abl. | raro | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | rara | rarae |
| Gen. | rarae | rararum |
| Dat. | rarae | — |
| Acc. | raram | raras |
| Voc. | rara | rarae |
| Abl. | rara | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | rarum | rara |
| Gen. | rari | rarorum |
| Dat. | raro | — |
| Acc. | rarum | rara |
| Voc. | rarum | rara |
| Abl. | raro | — |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | rarius | rariora |
| Gen. | rarioris | — |
| Acc. | rarius | rariora |
| Voc. | rarius | rariora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | rarissimus | rarissimi |
| Gen. | rarissimi | rarissimorum |
| Dat. | rarissimo | — |
| Acc. | rarissimum | rarissimos |
| Voc. | rarissime | rarissimi |
| Abl. | rarissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | rarissima | rarissimae |
| Gen. | rarissimae | rarissimarum |
| Dat. | rarissimae | — |
| Acc. | rarissimam | rarissimas |
| Voc. | rarissima | rarissimae |
| Abl. | rarissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | rarissimum | rarissima |
| Gen. | rarissimi | rarissimorum |
| Dat. | rarissimo | — |
| Acc. | rarissimum | rarissima |
| Voc. | rarissimum | rarissima |
| Abl. | rarissimo | — |
Examples
- T
Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...credas posse hanc cohiberier ullo, corpore qui nostro rarus magis incohibens sit? Praeterea gigni pariter cum corpore..." - D
Satura II
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...podice leui caeduntur tumidae medico ridente mariscae. rarus sermo illis et magna libido tacendi atque supercilio breuior coma..." - D
Satura X
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...clausit et egregias Lateranorum obsidet aedes tota cohors: rarus uenit in cenacula miles. pauca licet portes argenti uascula..." - D
Satura VIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Gaetulice, seu tu Silanus: quocumque alto de sanguine rarus ciuis et egregius patriae contingis ouanti, exclamare libet populus..." Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...cocleare vocer? CXXII Anuli Ante frequens, sed nunc rarus nos donat amicus. Felix, cui comes est non alienus..."Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...hospitibus pro munere disticha mittas, si tibi tam rarus quam mihi nummus erit. Addita per titulos sua nomina..."Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...ingenuae ius mihi pigritiae. Macte animi, quem rarus habes, morumque tuorum, Quos Numa, quos hilaris possit habere Cato..."- A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...probus" "probe", a "doctus" "docte", sed a "rarus" non dicitur "rare", sed alii "raro" dicunt, alii "rarenter..."