arura
English
Alternative forms
- aroura
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄρουρα (ároura, “arura”), a semantic loan from Egyptian sṯꜣt (“arura”).
Noun
arura (plural aruras)
- (historical) An ancient measure of arable land, a square of 100 Egyptian cubits (mḥ) on each side.
Translations
ancient Egyptian measure of arable land
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Anagrams
- aurar
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄρουρα (ároura).
Noun
arūra f (genitive arūrae); first declension
- A field, cornfield
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | 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