arura
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄρουρα (ároura, “arura”), a semantic loan from Egyptian sṯꜣt (“arura”).
Noun
arura (plural aruras)
Translations
ancient Egyptian measure of arable land
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Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄρουρα (ároura).
Noun
arūra f (genitive arūrae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | arūra | arūrae |
| genitive | arūrae | arūrārum |
| dative | arūrae | arūrīs |
| accusative | arūram | arūrās |
| ablative | arūrā | arūrīs |
| vocative | arūra | arūrae |
References
- “arura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "arura", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- arura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “arura”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “arura”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin