aridam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →arida, aridae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Later
dry land; dry place; dry surface; dryness;
acc. sg. - Entry →aridus, arida -um, aridior -or -us, aridissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
dry, arid, parched; water/rain-less; used dry, dried; thirsty; poor; shriveled;
acc. sg. (f.)
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...credo, Papyle, nec sitio. Nihil Ammiano praeter aridam restem moriens reliquit ultimis pater ceris. Fieri putaret posse quis..."Liber VII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...utroque latere turrium eruptio fiebat, alii faces atque aridam materiem de muro in aggerem eminus iaciebant, picem reliquasque..."BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...ager arbustis consitus prohibebat. Et primo rati humum aridam vento agitari, post ubi aequabilem manere et, sicuti acies..."
