aridum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →arida, aridae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Later
dry land; dry place; dry surface; dryness;
gen. pl. - Entry →aris, aridis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
plant resembling arum; dragon-root, green dragon (L+S);
gen. pl. - 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. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →aridum, aridi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
dry land; dry place; dry surface; dryness;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- P
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...deperit. sed habet patrem quendam avidum, miserum atque aridum vicinum hunc: nostin? at quasi is non ditiis abundet..." - L
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...quidem non deiciet nec animum ob crus alicuius aridum aut pannosam maciem et innixam baculo senectutem; ceterum omnibus..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...plerique sunt, inciderit, in hoc eum ire patiemur? Aridum atque ieiunum non alemus et quasi uestiemus..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...periculorum. atque corpora sicciora cornu aut siquid magis aridum est habetis sole et frigore et esuritione. quare..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...neque ille sepositi ciceris nec longae invidit avenae, aridum et ore ferens acinum semesaque lardi frusta dedit, cupiens..." - G
Liber IV
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...quibus Caesar exercitum transportandum curaverat,] quas Caesar in aridum subduxerat, aestus complebat, et onerarias, quae ad ancoras erant..." - P
Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...deprehendere Calvum quidem Ciceroni visum exsanguem et aridum, Brutum autem otiosum atque diiunctum; rursusque Ciceronem a Calvo quidem..."
