āreo

areo

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ārĕo, ēre, v. n. [akin to ardere], to be dry (not in Cic.).

Lit.:

ubi (amurca) arebit,

Cato, R. R. 76; 69:

uti, quom exivissem ex aquā, arerem tamen,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 50; 2, 7, 18:

(tellus) sucis aret ademtis,

Ov. M. 2, 211; so id. ib. 15, 268.—

Trop. of things, to be dried up or withered:

arentibus siti faucibus,

Liv. 44, 38; so Sen. Ben. 3, 8:

fauces arent,

Ov. M. 6, 355:

aret ager,

Verg. E. 7, 57:

pars, super quam non plui, aruit,

Vulg. Amos, 4, 7: omnia ligna agri aruerunt, ib. Joel, 1, 12; ib. Marc. 11, 21; ib. Apoc. 14, 15.—Rarely of persons, to languish from thirst:

in mediā Tantalus aret aquā,

Ov. A. A. 2, 606; so,

Sic aret mediis taciti vulgator in undis,

id. Am. 3, 7, 51. —Hence, ārens, entis, P. a.

Lit., dry, arid, parched:

saxa,

Ov. M. 13, 691:

arens alveus (fluminis),

Vulg. Jos. 3, 17:

arva,

Verg. G. 1, 110:

rosae,

id. ib. 4, 268; id. A. 3, 350:

harenae,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 31: cetera (loca) abrupta aut arentia, * Tac. A. 15, 42. —

Trop., languishing or fainting from thirst, thirsty:

trepidisque arentia venis Ora patent,

Ov. M. 7, 556; 14, 277:

faux,

Hor. Epod. 14, 4.— Poet. as an epithet of thirst itself:

sitis,

Ov. H. 4, 174; Sen. Thyest. 5 (cf.:

sitis arida,

Lucr. 6, 1175; Ov. M. 11, 129).

vedere aereo

area

areo meter

built-up area

areo metric method

aeroplano

m -s, no pl (HIST)

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aeroplano

ārĕa (in inscriptions freq. ARIA, Inscr. Orell. 4130, etc.), ae, f [some comp. eraze = on the ground; Germ. Erde; Engl. earth, hearth; others, as Varro and Festus, connected it with areo, as if pr. dry land, as terra may be connected with torreo; so Bopp and Curt.], a piece of level ground, a vacant place, esp. in the town (syn.:

planities, aequor): in urbe loca pura areae,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 38 Müll: area proprie dicitur locus vacuus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll.: locus sine aedificio in urbe area;

rure autem ager appellatur,

Dig. 50, 16, 211.

Lit., ground for a house, a building-spot:

si Ponendae domo quaerenda est area primum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 13. arearum electio, Vitr. 1, 7, 1:

pontifices si sustulerint religionem, aream praeclaram habebimus,

Cic. Att. 4, 1 fin.; Liv. 4, 16; 1, 55; Suet. Vesp. 8; Dig. 7, 4, 10 al.—

Transf.

A vacant space around or in a house, a court (syn. spatium):

resedimus in areā domŭs,

Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 4; so id. ib. 7, 27, 10; Vulg. 3 Reg. 22, 10; Dig. 43, 22, 1; 8, 2, 1 al.—

An open space for games, an open play-ground (syn.:

campus, curriculum),

Hor. C. 1, 9, 18.— Hence, in gen., a field for effort, etc. (syn.:

campus, locus, q. v.),

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 26, and trop.:

area scelerum,

i. e. where vices have full scope, Cic. Att. 9, 18.—Also, a raceground, Ov. F. 4, 10 (cf. id. ib. 2, 360); and trop., the course of life:

vitae tribus areis peractis (i. e. pueritiā, juventute, senectute),

Mart. 10, 24.—

A threshing floor (among the ancients, an open space in the vicinity of the house).

Lit.:

neque in segetibus neque in areis neque in horreis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 8; Hor. C. 1, 1, 10; id. S. 1, 1, 45; Tib. 1, 5, 22; Vulg. Gen. 50, 10; ib. Isa. 21, 10. Its construction may be learned from Cato, R. R. 91 and 129; Varr. R. R. 1, 51; Verg. G. 1, 178 sqq. Voss; Col. 5, 1, 4; 5, 2, 20; and Pall. 1, 36 al.—

Trop., of the body of Christians, as subject to separation, judgment (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Matt. 3, 12; Aug. Ver. Rel. 5.—

The halo around the sun or moon: tales splendores Graeci areas (i. e. halônas) vocavere, Sen. Q. N. 1, 2.—

A bed or border in a garden, Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.; Col. 11, 3; Plin. 19, 4, 20, § 60; Pall. 1, 34.—

A fowling-floor, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 64: aedes nobis area est;

auceps sum ego,

id. ib. 1, 3, 67.—

A burying-ground, church-yard, Tert. ad Scap. 3. —

A bald spot upon the head, baldness, Cels. 6, 4; Mart. 5, 50.

ārĕ-făcĭo (contr. arfăcĭo, Cato, R. R. 69;

per anastrophen, facio are,

Lucr. 6, 962; cf. Rudd. II. p. 392), fēci, factum, 3, v. a. [areo], to make dry, to dry up (anteclass. and post-Aug.;

syn.: sicco, exsicco, coquo, uro),

Cato, R. R. 69: principio terram sol excoquit et facit are, * Lucr. 6, 962; Varr. L. L. 5, § 38 Müll.; Vitr. 2, 1; Vulg. Job, 15, 30; ib. Jac. 1, 11.— Pass.:

arefieri in furno,

Plin. 32, 7, 26, § 32:

caulis arefactus,

id. 13, 22, 43, § 125; so id. 34, 13, 35, § 133; Cels. 5, 27, n. 7; * Suet. Vesp. 5:

arefacta est terra,

Vulg. Gen. 8, 14:

ficulnea,

ib. Matt. 21, 19.—

Trop. (eccl. Lat.), to wither up, break down:

gentem superbam arefecit Deus,

Vulg. Eccli. 10, 18:

arefacient animam suam,

ib. ib. 14, 9.

āresco, ĕre, v. n. inch. [areo], to become dry.

Lit.:

dum mea (vestimenta) arescunt,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 17:

fluvius arescat,

Vulg. Job, 14, 11:

arescat aqua de mari,

ib. Isa. 19, 5:

arescente undā,

Tac. A. 13, 57:

quasi faenum, ita arescet,

Vulg. Isa. 51, 12.—Of tears:

cito arescit lacrima, praesertim in alienis malis,

Cic. Part. Or. 17; so id. Inv. 1, 56 fin. —

Trop., to languish.

Of plants, to dry up, wither: nullo modo facilius arbitror posse herbas arescere et interfici, to dry up, Cic. Oecon. ap. Non. p. 450, 1; so Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 137:

truncus (arboris),

Tac. A. 13, 58:

vitis,

Vulg. Ezech. 17, 9; 17, 10:

palmes,

ib. Joan. 15, 6: manus (branch), ib. Job, 15, 32.—

Of persons (eccl. Lat.), to pine away in sickness:

(filius meus) stridet dentibus et arescit,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 17.—So, to sink, be overcome, with fear:

arescentibus hominibus prae timore,

Luc. 21, 26.

ārĕ-făcĭo (contr. arfăcĭo, Cato, R. R. 69;

per anastrophen, facio are,

Lucr. 6, 962; cf. Rudd. II. p. 392), fēci, factum, 3, v. a. [areo], to make dry, to dry up (anteclass. and post-Aug.;

syn.: sicco, exsicco, coquo, uro),

Cato, R. R. 69: principio terram sol excoquit et facit are, * Lucr. 6, 962; Varr. L. L. 5, § 38 Müll.; Vitr. 2, 1; Vulg. Job, 15, 30; ib. Jac. 1, 11.— Pass.:

arefieri in furno,

Plin. 32, 7, 26, § 32:

caulis arefactus,

id. 13, 22, 43, § 125; so id. 34, 13, 35, § 133; Cels. 5, 27, n. 7; * Suet. Vesp. 5:

arefacta est terra,

Vulg. Gen. 8, 14:

ficulnea,

ib. Matt. 21, 19.—

Trop. (eccl. Lat.), to wither up, break down:

gentem superbam arefecit Deus,

Vulg. Eccli. 10, 18:

arefacient animam suam,

ib. ib. 14, 9.

ārĭdus (contr. ardus, like arfacio from arefacio, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 18; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 74, 20; Inscr. Grut. 207), a, um, adj. [areo], dry, withered, arid, parched.

Lit.:

ligna,

Lucr. 2, 881:

lignum,

Hor. C. 3, 17, 13; so Vulg. Eccli. 6, 3; ib. Isa. 56, 3:

cibus,

Lucr. 1, 809; so id. 1, 864:

ficis victitamus aridis,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 59:

folia,

Cic. Pis. 40, 97, and Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 46:

ficus,

Vulg. Marc. 11, 20:

Libye,

Ov. M. 2, 238:

quale portentum Jubae tellus leonum Arida nutrix,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 16:

terra arida et sicca,

Plin. 2, 65, 66, § 166; so,

terra arida,

Vulg. Sap. 19, 7:

arida terra,

ib. Heb. 11, 29; so absol.:

arida (eccl. Lat.),

ib. Gen. 1, 9; ib. Psa. 65, 6; ib. Matt. 23, 15: montes aridi sterilesque. Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 67.—Also, subst.: ārĭdum, [p. 161] i, n., a dry place, dry land:

ex arido tela conicere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 25:

naves in aridum subducere,

id. ib. 4, 29.— Meton., of thirst:

sitis,

Lucr. 3, 917, and 6, 1175; so,

os,

Verg. G. 3, 458:

ora,

id. A. 5, 200: guttur, Ov. [ad Liv. 422].—Of a fever:

febris,

i. e. causing thirst, Verg. G. 3, 458 (cf. Lucr. 4, 875); so,

morbus,

Veg. Vet. Art. 1, 4.—Of color:

arbor folio convoluto, arido colore,

like that of dried leaves, Plin. 12, 26, 59, § 129.—And of a cracking, snapping sound, as when dry wood is broken:

sonus,

Lucr. 6, 119:

aridus altis Montibus (incipit) audiri fragor,

a dry crackling noise begins to be heard in the high mountain forest, Verg. G. 1, 357.—

Trop.

Of things which are dried, shrunk up, shrivelled, meagre, lean:

crura,

Ov. A. A. 3, 272:

nates,

Hor. Epod. 8, 5:

uvis aridior puella passis,

Auct. Priap. 32, 1; so from disease, withered:

manus,

Vulg. Matt. 12, 10; ib. Marc. 3, 1; and absol. of persons:

aridi,

ib. Joan. 5, 3.— Hence, of food or manner of living, meagre, scanty:

in victu arido in hac horridā incultāque vitā,

poor, scanty diet, Cic. Rosc. Am. 27, 75:

vita horrida atque arida,

id. Quinct. 30.— Transf. to men, indigent, poor:

cliens,

Mart. 10, 87, 5.—

Of style, dry, jejune, unadorned, spiritless:

genus sermonis exile, aridum, concisum ac minutum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159; so Auct. ad Her. 4, 11:

narratio,

Quint. 2, 4, 3:

aridissimi libri,

Tac. Or. 19.— Meton., of the orator himself:

orator,

Quint. 12, 10, 13:

rhetores,

Sen. Contr. 34:

magister,

Quint. 2, 4, 8.—

Of scholars: sicci omnino atque aridi pueri,

sapless and dry, Suet. Gram. 4; cf. Quint. 2, 8, 9.—

In comic lang., avaricious, of a man from whom, as it were, nothing can be expressed (cf. Argentiexterebronides):

pumex non aeque est aridus atque hic est senex,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 18:

pater avidus, miser atque aridus,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 15.—

In Plaut. as a mere natural epithet of metal: arido argentost opus, dry coin, Rud. 3, 4, 21.— Adv. not used.

ārĭdus (contr. ardus, like arfacio from arefacio, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 18; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 74, 20; Inscr. Grut. 207), a, um, adj. [areo], dry, withered, arid, parched.

Lit.:

ligna,

Lucr. 2, 881:

lignum,

Hor. C. 3, 17, 13; so Vulg. Eccli. 6, 3; ib. Isa. 56, 3:

cibus,

Lucr. 1, 809; so id. 1, 864:

ficis victitamus aridis,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 59:

folia,

Cic. Pis. 40, 97, and Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 46:

ficus,

Vulg. Marc. 11, 20:

Libye,

Ov. M. 2, 238:

quale portentum Jubae tellus leonum Arida nutrix,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 16:

terra arida et sicca,

Plin. 2, 65, 66, § 166; so,

terra arida,

Vulg. Sap. 19, 7:

arida terra,

ib. Heb. 11, 29; so absol.:

arida (eccl. Lat.),

ib. Gen. 1, 9; ib. Psa. 65, 6; ib. Matt. 23, 15: montes aridi sterilesque. Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 67.—Also, subst.: ārĭdum, [p. 161] i, n., a dry place, dry land:

ex arido tela conicere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 25:

naves in aridum subducere,

id. ib. 4, 29.— Meton., of thirst:

sitis,

Lucr. 3, 917, and 6, 1175; so,

os,

Verg. G. 3, 458:

ora,

id. A. 5, 200: guttur, Ov. [ad Liv. 422].—Of a fever:

febris,

i. e. causing thirst, Verg. G. 3, 458 (cf. Lucr. 4, 875); so,

morbus,

Veg. Vet. Art. 1, 4.—Of color:

arbor folio convoluto, arido colore,

like that of dried leaves, Plin. 12, 26, 59, § 129.—And of a cracking, snapping sound, as when dry wood is broken:

sonus,

Lucr. 6, 119:

aridus altis Montibus (incipit) audiri fragor,

a dry crackling noise begins to be heard in the high mountain forest, Verg. G. 1, 357.—

Trop.

Of things which are dried, shrunk up, shrivelled, meagre, lean:

crura,

Ov. A. A. 3, 272:

nates,

Hor. Epod. 8, 5:

uvis aridior puella passis,

Auct. Priap. 32, 1; so from disease, withered:

manus,

Vulg. Matt. 12, 10; ib. Marc. 3, 1; and absol. of persons:

aridi,

ib. Joan. 5, 3.— Hence, of food or manner of living, meagre, scanty:

in victu arido in hac horridā incultāque vitā,

poor, scanty diet, Cic. Rosc. Am. 27, 75:

vita horrida atque arida,

id. Quinct. 30.— Transf. to men, indigent, poor:

cliens,

Mart. 10, 87, 5.—

Of style, dry, jejune, unadorned, spiritless:

genus sermonis exile, aridum, concisum ac minutum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159; so Auct. ad Her. 4, 11:

narratio,

Quint. 2, 4, 3:

aridissimi libri,

Tac. Or. 19.— Meton., of the orator himself:

orator,

Quint. 12, 10, 13:

rhetores,

Sen. Contr. 34:

magister,

Quint. 2, 4, 8.—

Of scholars: sicci omnino atque aridi pueri,

sapless and dry, Suet. Gram. 4; cf. Quint. 2, 8, 9.—

In comic lang., avaricious, of a man from whom, as it were, nothing can be expressed (cf. Argentiexterebronides):

pumex non aeque est aridus atque hic est senex,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 18:

pater avidus, miser atque aridus,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 15.—

In Plaut. as a mere natural epithet of metal: arido argentost opus, dry coin, Rud. 3, 4, 21.— Adv. not used.