arando
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aro, arare, aravi, aratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
plow, till, cultivate; produce by plowing, grow; furrow, wrinkle;
abl. sg. fut. pass. part.abl. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
- P
Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...terra et cui putre solum (namque hoc imitamur arando), optima frumentis: non ullo ex aequore cernes plura domum..." - P
Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...nomen emat. quaerat avarus opes et, quae lassarit arando, aequora periuro naufragus ore bibat. at mihi contingat Veneris..."