arandus
Latin
Etymology
Future passive participle of arō.
Participle
arandus (feminine aranda, neuter arandum); first/second-declension participle
- which is to be ploughed, tilled, cultivated, farmed; i.e., arable
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.211-213:
- “Fēmina, quae nostrīs errāns in fīnibus urbem
exiguam pretiō posuit, cui lītus arandum,
cuique locī lēgēs dedimus [...].”- “A woman, astray, who planted her little town along our shores for a price, to whom we gave arable coastland, and to whom [we gave] laws of settlement [...].”
(A resentful King Iarbas mocks Queen Dido; the acreage she bought for Carthage may be small, sandy, and less than ideal for farming. Robert Fagles’ translation, pg. 135, conveys Iarbas’ bitterness: “We tossed her some beach to plow – on my terms [...].”)
- “A woman, astray, who planted her little town along our shores for a price, to whom we gave arable coastland, and to whom [we gave] laws of settlement [...].”
- “Fēmina, quae nostrīs errāns in fīnibus urbem
Declension
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