aratrum

Alternative forms

• arāter

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃trom. Equivalent to ar(ā) (“to plough”) +‎ -trum. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄροτρον (árotron, “plow”) and Old Armenian արաւր (arawr, “plow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈraː.trum/, [aˈraː.trũ]

Noun

arātrum n (genitive arātrī); second declension

1. A plough or plow.

References

• aratrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aratrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aratrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• aratrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• aratrum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aratrum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin