rorarii
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁rṓs (compare Old English rǣs (“running, race”), English race (from Old Norse and Germanic root shared with previous) Albanian resh (“to precipitate”), Ancient Greek ἐρωή (erōḗ, “quick motion, rush”)).
Noun edit
rōrāriī m pl (genitive rōrāriōrum); second declension
- (military) Type of soldiers in the pre-Marian Roman army, probably fulfilling the role of skirmishers.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | rōrāriī |
| Genitive | rōrāriōrum |
| Dative | rōrāriīs |
| Accusative | rōrāriōs |
| Ablative | rōrāriīs |
| Vocative | rōrāriī |
References edit
- “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