rorarii

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁rṓs (compare Old English rǣs (“running, race”), Albanian resh (“to precipitate”), Ancient Greek ἐρωή (erōḗ, “quick motion, rush”)).

Noun

rōrāriī m pl (genitive rōrāriōrum); second declension

  1. (military) Type of soldiers in the pre-Marian Roman army, probably fulfilling the role of skirmishers.

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

Case Plural
nominative rōrārīī
genitive rōrārīōrum
dative rōrārīīs
accusative rōrārīōs
ablative rōrārīīs
vocative rōrārīī
locative rōrārīīs

References

  • rorarii in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rorarii in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rorarii in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rorarii in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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