aratrum

Latin

Alternative forms

  • arāter

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃trom. Equivalent to ar(ā) (to plough) + -trum. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄροτρον (árotron, plow) and Old Armenian արաւր (arawr, plow).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈraː.trum/, [aˈraː.trũ]

Noun

arātrum n (genitive arātrī); second declension

  1. A plough or plow.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative arātrum arātra
Genitive arātrī arātrōrum
Dative arātrō arātrīs
Accusative arātrum arātra
Ablative arātrō arātrīs
Vocative arātrum arātra

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Spanish: aradro
  • Portuguese: arado
  • Romanian: arat
  • Sardinian: aradu
  • Spanish: arado

References

  • aratrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aratrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aratrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • aratrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • aratrum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aratrum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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