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
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...doctus" "docte", sed a "rarus" non dicitur "rare", sed alii "raro" dicunt, alii "rarenter"."9 Inde M. Varro..."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..."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..."
