rarus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *er(e)-, *rē- (“friable, thin”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈraː.rus/, [ˈraː.rʊs]
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Adjective

rārus (feminine rāra, neuter rārum); first/second declension (comparative rarior, superlative rarissimus)

  1. scattered, far apart
  2. seldom, few
  3. rare, uncommon
  4. thin, loose

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative rārus rāra rārum rārī rārae rāra
Genitive rārī rārae rārī rārōrum rārārum rārōrum
Dative rārō rārae rārō rārīs rārīs rārīs
Accusative rārum rāram rārum rārōs rārās rāra
Ablative rārō rārā rārō rārīs rārīs rārīs
Vocative rāre rāra rārum rārī rārae rāra

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • rarus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rarus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rarus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • preparations for war; war-material: apparatus (rare in plur.) belli
    • in open order: raris ordinibus
    • to fight in skirmishing order: rari dispersique pugnare (B. C. 1. 44)
  • rarus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
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