rare
Dictionary entries
- Entry →rarus, rara -um, rarior -or -us, rarissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
thin, scattered; few, infrequent; rare; in small groups; loose knit;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →rare, rarius, rarissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Lesser
sparsely, thinly; at wide intervals, loosely; rarely, seldomly;
Examples
- A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...doctus" "docte", sed a "rarus" non dicitur "rare", sed alii "raro" dicunt, alii "rarenter"."9 Inde M. Varro..." - T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...inde ubi sol radiis terram dimovit obortus et rare fecit calido miscente vapore, rursus in antiquas redeunt primordia..." - T
Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...creatae? nil prodesset enim calidum denserier ignem nec rare fieri, si partes ignis eandem naturam quam totus habet..."
