ARE 
ARG 
ARG 
via --Arduum, absol. a lofty place 
a steep , height. Horat. Scandere per 
arduum. Tacit. Excidere ardua castel- 
lorum, k. e. castella in arduo loco sita. 
*”7 • ir Arduus, erect, tall, lofty, stately, up- 
rigid. Horat. Ardua cervix equi Ovid. 
Arduacedrus. Id. Arduus ®ther. Vir 
Sese arduus infert-ir Figur. diffi¬ 
cult, hard, troublesome, laborious, arduous. 
Cic. Opus arduum conamur. Id. lte- 
srduarum, ac diflicilium perpessio. 
Id. Difficilem atque arduam sectam 
sequi. Plin. Res ardua inve&tu. Liv. 
id arduum factu erat. Sallust. Ardu¬ 
um res gestas scribere. - ir Horat. 
Rebus in arduis, in adversity. 
»B.E. See Arefacio. 3 
kR&X. (areo), as, f. an area on which corn is 
beaten, a threshing-floor, barn-floor. Vir a. 
Area requanda cylindro.-IT Also, 
an open surface, field, plain, flat, area, 
square or place in a city. Cic. Aream 
pneclarain habebimus. Horat. Campus 
et are® composita repetantur hora. 
Sueton. Vacuas areas occupare, et ®di- 
ncare. Pandect. AGdes ad aream redi- 
gete, to rase, pull down, lay even with the 
ground. -ir Also, a yard, court. Plin. 
Resedimus in area domus.-IT Also, 
a compartment or bed in a garden. Varr. 
-UAlso, a bird-catcher’s floor. Plant. 
Auceps quando concinnavit aream, 
offundit cibum.- ir Tertull. Area 
sepulturarum, a church-yard , cemetery. 
11 Also, ahalo. Sencc. Tales splendo- 
res Grffici areas vocavere. — ir Also, the 
scurf, scald. Cels. — Hence, a bald spot. 
Martial. - - ir Figur. matter, subject, 
field. Ovid. H®c animo area digna meo 
est. Cic. Area scelerum. Martial. Vit® 
tribus areis peractis, periods. 
XRECTeOS, AR/ECTECS, or XRaCTEOS, 
a, um, adj. Tihull. Arecteos campos, 
Babylonian, so called from the city of 
_ Arccca or Aracca in Babylonia. 
aREFACIS (areo & facio), acis, sci, ac- 
2 turn, a. 3. to dry , make dry, ( ypaiuo). 
Varr. -IT Arfacio, by syncope. Cato. 
-IT By transposition. Lucret. facit 
_ ar e,foi- arefacit. 
aREFiS (areo & flo), is, actus sum, to 
gfft w dry, become dry, Iqpaivouai. 
Plin. 
ARELAS, atis, and ARELaTe, es, f. a 
town of Qallia Narbonensis, now Arles. 
Cws. — Hence, Arelatensis, e, adj. of 
Arelate. Plin. 
AREMORrcoS (ar mor, Celtic, on the 
3 sea), a, um, adj. Cws. Aremoric® civi- 
tates, Armorican, on the coasts of the 
modern Normandy and Brittany. 
AReNA (areo), ®, f. sand, grit, gravel, 
a/ipo;, minutissimuspulvis. Virg. Are¬ 
na nigra, slime. Also, in plur. in° Virg., 
Horat., &c.-IF Sand, a sandy place. 
Cic. Arenam emere. — Also, soil. Virrr. 
Arena pinguis-IT Also, the sca-shore, 
coast, strand. Virg -ir Also, that 
part of the amphitheatre where the gladia¬ 
tors fought, because it was covered with 
sand to prevent them from slipping, or to 
absorb the blood that was shed ; the arena ; 
the amphitheatre. Martial, and Juvenal. 
—— ir Hence, any place of contention. 
Flor. Belli arena, scene, field, theatre. 
Plin. Ep. In arena mea, in my line or 
profession, as an advocate.-1 ir Writ- 
ten, also, harena. 
AReNaCEOS (arena), a, um, adj. of sand, 
sandy , like sand. Plin. Terra arenu- 
cea. Id. Arenaceum semen, li. e. like 
sand. 
ARENARrOS (Id.), a, um, adj. of or re 
latw.g to sand. Serv. ap. Virg. Arena- 
rius lapis, sandstone. -ir Arenarius, 
ii, m. a teacher of the rudiments of arith¬ 
metic, because the numbers were writ¬ 
ten on a table strewed with sand. Ter- 
tuft. —— IT Arenaria, ®, sc. fodina, a 
sand or gravel-pit. Cic. So, in Vitruv. 
Arenarium, ii, --If Also, adj. re¬ 
lating to the arena, to combats in the am¬ 
phitheatre. Ammian. Arenaria fera. 
Petron. Arenarius, sc. gladiator.- 
ir_Wntten, also, harenareus. 
AReNaFIO (Id.), onis, f . a spreading or 
— laying on of mortar mixed with sand, as 
on a wall. Vitruv. 
AReNaTOS (Id.), a, um, adj. mixed with 
I sand. -Cato. Calx arenata_U Hence 
Arenalum, i, n. a mortar which consists 
of one part of lime and two parts sand.; 
santb-mortar. Plin. and Vitruv. 
AReNIFCSDINA (as if aren® fodina), ®, 
o f. a sand-pit, gravel-pit. Ulpian. Dig. 
ARENIVAGCS (arena & vagus), a, um, 
3 adj. wandering on the shore. Lucan. 
AReNOSOS (arena), a, um, sandy, abound- 
- mg in sand. Virg. Litus arenosum 
luby®. Plin. Lapis arenosior. Id. Ut 
_ Quod sit arenosissimum subsidat. 
aReNS (areo), tis, dry, droughty, thirsty, 
devoid of water, lacking moisture. Tacit. 
Loca arentia. Virg. Arens rivus Xan- 
thi. Id. Ros® arentes. Ovid. Aren- 
tem sitim levare unda. Horat Arente 
fauce trahere pocula. 
AReNOLA (arena), ®, f. dimin. small 
sand or grit, very fine sand. Plin. Are- 
liulffi, qua inveniuntur in cornibus 
_ cochlearum. 
ARE5 (unc.), es, ui, n. 2. to be dry, to grow 
dry or droughty, a^opat, aridus sum, sic¬ 
cus, et sine humore. Ovid. Succis (tel- 
lus) aret ademptis. Plant. Utinam for- 
tuna nunc anatina uterer, uti cum exi- 
vissem ex aqua, arerem tameu. Ovid. 
Et fauces arent, vixque est via vocis in 
illis. Id. Garrulus in media Tantalus 
_ urel aqua, h. e. is thirsty. 
aREOLA. (area), ®, f. dimin. a small open 
space in or near the house ; a court-yard; 
a little bed in a garden. Plin. and Co- 
lum. 
ARE8PAG0S, and ARE5PAG5S ('Apq S 
and -nayos), i, m. properly, the hill of 
Mars; hence, a building at Athens, in 
which the members of the Areopagus, or 
chief criminal court of the Athenians, held 
their meetings -Also, this court itself. 
Cic. - If Hence, Areopaglta, ®, m. 
and Areopagltes, ®, m. one of the judges 
of the Areopagus, an Areopagite. Cic _ 
Figur. an incorruptible judge. Id. 
AREPeNNIS, or ARAPeNNIS (Gallic), 
3 is, m. a measure of ground, half an acre. 
Colum. 
ARES, is, m. "A, 01 /s, Mars, the god of war. 
3 Plant.. 
ARESC5 (areo), is, n. 3. to grow dry, bc- 
I come dry, to dry up. Plant. Da mihi ves- 
timenti aliquid aridi, dum meaarescunt. 
Cic. Arescit lacryma. Tacit. Arescens 
unda. 
ARETALQGOS (dperdhoyos), i, m. prop- 
erly, a prattler about virtue ,* a prattler, 
babbler , idle talker; a braggart, talkative 
fellow, boaster, jester, buffoon; a sorry 
philosopher. Juvenal, mendax Aretalo- 
gus. Sueton. Aut acroamata, et his- 
triones interponebat, ac frequentius 
Aretalogos. 
ARETH5, ontis, a river of Epirus, called, 
also, Araclithus. Liv. 
ARETHCSA, ®, f. ’A pcSovaa, a fountain 
of the island Ortygia, which belonged to 
Syracuse. Cic. — The river Alphcus in 
Elis is fabled to flow under the earth to Sici¬ 
ly, and to unite with this fountain; hence, 
Arethusa, a nymph, whose lover was Al- 
pheus. Virg. and Ovid. -IT Hence, 
Aretbussus, a, um, adj. pertaining to 
Arethusa. Claudian. — Also, Arethu- 
sis, Idis, adj. f. Arethusian. Ovid. Are- 
thusides Syracus®-Arethusi'us, a, 
_ um, adj. Arethusian ; Syracusan. Silius. 
aReTIUM, or aRRETIUM, ii, n. a city 
in Etruria , now called Arezzo. Cic. - 
IT Hence, Aretlnus (or Arr.), a, um, 
adj. of or pertaining to this city. Martial. 
AReOS, or ARiOS (Ares), a, um, of or per¬ 
taining to Mars, ’Apeios. Tacit. Areum 
_ judicium, li. e. of the Areopagus. 
ARGA20S, a, um, of or pertaining to Ar- 
gwus, a high mountain of Cappadocia. 
Claudian. and Plin. 
aRGaNTHONIOS, ii, m. a Tavtessian 
king, of great age. Cic. - IT Hence, 
Arganthoni&cus, a, um, adj. Arganthu- 
_ nian. Sil. 
aRGeI (’ Apycioi ), orum, m. places at 
Rome, appointed probably for sacrifices 
and other religious purposes. Liv. _ 
If Argei, also, tne images of men made 
of rushes, thrown annually into the Tiber. 
Ovid. 
aRGEMA (apyo f, white), Stis, n. a web, or 
pin, in the eye, which, within the black of 
the eye, looks white, and on the other side 
_ of it, red. Plin. 
aRGEMON (dpyepov), i, n. an herb, called 
also lappa canaria. Plin. 
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f. an herk 
ARGEMoNE (dpyepbjvq), es, 
_ called also inguinalis. Plin. 
aRGEMONIA, ie, f. probably the same as 
_ argemonc. Plin. 
ARGENT ARIA (argentarius), ®, f. S( 
taberna, a banking-house, bank. Plant 
and Liv. - IT Also, argentaria, sc, 
ars, the profession of a banker. Cic. S[! 
Fulcinius, qui Rom® argentariam non 
ignobilem fecit. Id. Argentariam dig. 
solvere. Ulpian. Dig. exercere. Ii 
udministrare. - if Also, argentaria 
_ sc. fodina, a silver mine. Liv. 
ARGENTARIUM (Id.), ii, n. a case or 
3 cupbnard to set plate in. Pandect. 
aRGENTaRICS (argentum), a, um, adj, 
relating to silver or money, dpyvpeo;. 
Plin. Creta argentaria, a sort of marl with 
which they scoured silver. Id. Argentaria 
metalla, mines of silver. Id. Plumbum 
argeutarium, h. e. lilts silver. Jabolen. 
Dig. Argentarius faber, a silversmith. 
Plant. Argentaria inopia, scarcity of 
money. Id. Argentari® opes. Id. Sunt 
meretrices omnes elecebr® argentaria 
h. e. coaxing away money. Id. In venire 
alicui auxilium argentarium, help with 
one’s purse. Liv. Taberna argentaria, 
banking-house. Ulpian. Dig. Argenta- 
rim mens® exercitor, h. c. moncy-clian- 
g'f- - IT Moils Argentarius, a moun- 
_ tain_ on the coast of Etruria. Rutil. 
aRGeNTARIOS (Id.), ii, m. a banker, 
person who takes money on interest, cash- 
_ ier, cash-keeper, money-changer. Cic. 
aRGeNTATOS (Id.), a, um, adj.. plated or 
ornamented with silver, silvered, silvered 
over. Albinovan. Argentata sandalia. 
Liv. Argentati indites, h. e. having their 
shields plated with silver. Plant. Semper 
tu ad me cum argentata accedito queri- 
monia, li. e. querere mecum, sed simul 
_ argentum affer. 
aRGENTEOLOS (argenteus), a, um, adj. 
3 dimin. of silver, adorned with silver; 
_ when a small tiling is spoken of. Plant. 
aRGeNTEOS (argentum), a, um, adj. of 
silver, made of silver. Cic. Aquila argen- 
tea. Tacit. Argentea vasa. Plin. Argen- 
tea bractea. Id. Denarius argenteus. 
In the same sense, argenteus, absol. in 
Tacit. -IT Also, bright as silver, like 
silver. Virg. Argenteus anser. Plin. 
Cometes argenteo crine. Id. Arbor 
folio argenteo. Id. Gemma argentei 
colons. Ovid. Fons nitidis argenteus 
undis. -- ir Also, adorned with silver. 
Cic. -Figur. Plaut. Remittere alicui 
salutem argenteam, h. e. a silver greet¬ 
ing, or money. Id. Arnica tua facta est 
argentea, li. e. has been sold for silver. - 
ir Flumen argenteum, and absol. Argen- 
_ teus, a river of Gallia Narbonensis. Plin. 
aRGeNTIEXTEREBRONIDES, or aR- 
GeNQ i eXTEREBRSNIDES (argentum 
& exterebro), a word made by Plautus; 
one who extorts or wheedles away money 
from others, a sponrrer. 3 
aRGENTIFODTNA, or ARGENT! I-’ODI- 
NX, ®, f. a silver mine. Vitruv. and 
_ Plin. 
aRGENTORaTOS, i, f. a city of Germany, 
3 Strasburg. Ammian. - ir Hence, 
Argentoratensis, e, adj. of or pertaining 
_ to this city. Ammian. 
aRGeNTOSOS (argentum), a, um, adj. 
mixed with silver. Plin. 
ARGENTUM ( dpyos , or apyevvd ?, white), 
i, li. silver, apyvpiov. Plaut. and Horat. 
— Cic. Argentum factum, wrought sil¬ 
ver, silver plate. Liv. infectum, li. e. 
not wrought. Cic. signatum, li. e. 
stamped or coined. - ir Also, silver 
plate, any thing made of silver. Cic. 
Argentum purum, h. c. silver plate with¬ 
out figures. Id. cm.latum, li. e. with fig¬ 
ures, or embossed. - ir Also, silver 
money ; money. Tercnt. Argentum nu- 
merare.-If Argentum vivum, quick- 
_ silver. Plin. and Vitruv. 
aRGESTES ( dpycoriis ), ®, m. the north- 
_ west. wind. Plin. 
aRGeCjS (’ApysiOf), a, um, adj. Argive, 
3 Grecian; same as Argiims. Horat. 
Tibur Argeo positum colono. 
ARGI. See Argos. 
aRGIX (’A pyeiy), s, f. the daughter oj 
Adrastus, king of the Argivcs, and wife 
_ of Polynices. Stat. 
aRGILETUM (according to some, from 
Argus and letum, because a certain Argus 
