arura

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄρουρα (ároura, arura), a semantic loan from Egyptian sṯꜣt (arura).

Noun

arura (plural aruras)

  1. (historical) An ancient measure of arable land, a square of 100 Egyptian cubits (mḥ) on each side.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄρουρα (ároura).

Noun

arūra f (genitive arūrae); first declension

  1. A field, cornfield

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