aratos
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;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...utrimque solem cinxit talis effigies, tempestas, si Arato credimus, surgit. [14,1] Tempus est alios quoque ignes percurrere..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...animos. galea tum sumit aena vipereos dentes et aratos spargit in agros. semina mollit humus valido praetincta veneno..."Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...seueritate libidini regiae fecisse; uni etiam principi Achaeorum Arato adempta uxor nomine Polycratia ac spe regiarum nuptiarum..."