aratus
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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
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Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...oratores fiant existimem, persequor. XLVI. Igitur, ut Aratus ab Iove incipiendum putat, ita nos rite coepturi ab Homero..." - P
Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...veniet iactura cothurno; cum sole et luna semper Aratus erit; dum fallax servus, durus pater, inproba lena vivent..." - G
Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...uterque est quia facit quod instituit. Vides ut Aratus minutissima etiam sidera consectetur et colligat; modum tamen servat..."