aras
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;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd - Entry →ara, arae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
altar, structure for sacrifice, pyre; sanctuary; home; refuge, shelter;
acc. pl.
Examples
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...humo convellere silvam conatus, ramis tegerem ut frondentibus aras, horrendum et dictu video mirabile monstrum. nam quae prima..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...menti solvitque pudorem. principio delubra adeunt pacemque per aras exquirunt; mactant lectas de more bidentis legiferae Cereri Phoeboque..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...reliquias divinique ossa parentis condidimus terra maestasque sacravimus aras; iamque dies, nisi fallor, adest, quem semper acerbum, semper..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...tibi, Proserpina, vaccam; tum Stygio regi nocturnas incohat aras et solida imponit taurorum viscera flammis, pingue super oleum..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...ardente receptas. hoc pater Anchises auro libabat ad aras, hoc Priami gestamen erat cum iura vocatis more daret..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...pauperque senatus tura dabant, tepidusque cruor fumabat ad aras. ut celsas videre rates atque inter opacum adlabi nemus..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...luco Symaethia circum flumina, pinguis ubi et placabilis ara Palici: stridentem fundam positis Mezentius hastis ipse ter adducta..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...torquet— saxa vocant Itali mediis quae in fluctibus aras— dorsum immane mari summo; tris Eurus ab alto..."