adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
agrārius
agrārius (feminine agrāria, neuter agrārium)
Classical[aˈɡraː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[aˈɡraː.ri.us]
agrālīs pl. acc. m./f.; ; sg. nom. m./f.; sg. gen.; sg. voc. m./f.
Meaning
- adjectiveagrarian
agrāriae lēgēs
agrarian laws, relating to the division of public lands among the poorer citizensagrāriam rem tentāre
to urge a division of public lands
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | agrārius agrālis | agrāria agrālis | agrārium agrāle |
| genitive | agrāriī agrālis | agrāriae agrālis | agrāriī agrālis |
| dative | agrāriō agrālī | agrāriae agrālī | agrāriō agrālī |
| accusative | agrārium agrālem | agrāriam agrālem | agrārium agrāle |
| ablative | agrāriō agrālī | agrāriā agrālī | agrāriō agrālī |
| vocative | agrārie agrālis | agrāria agrālis | agrārium agrāle |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | agrāriī agrālēs | agrāriae agrālēs | agrāria agrālia |
| genitive | agrāriōrum agrālium | agrāriārum agrālium | agrāriōrum agrālium |
| dative | agrāriīs agrālibus | agrāriīs agrālibus | agrāriīs agrālibus |
| accusative | agrāriōs agrālēs, agrālīs | agrāriās agrālēs, agrālīs | agrāria agrālia |
| ablative | agrāriīs agrālibus | agrāriīs agrālibus | agrāriīs agrālibus |
| vocative | agrāriī agrālēs | agrāriae agrālēs | agrāria agrālia |
ā^grārĭus, a, um, adj. ager,
I. of or pertaining to land; hence,
I. Adj.:
cum operario agrario, Vulg. Eccli. 37, 13.—But in class. Lat. a legal term: Agrariae leges, agrarian laws, relating to the division of public lands among the poorer citizens, first proposed about 268 A. U. C., Liv. 2, 41; 4. 36; 48; 6, 11; Tac. A. 4, 32 al.; v. Smith's Dict. Antiq., and cf. Nieb. Rom. Hist. 2, 188; 197; 482; 490 al.; with particular appellations from their authors, Flaminii, Sempronia, Thoria, Rulli, Flavii, Philippi, Plotia, Caesaris Julia, etc.—Hence, agrariam rem tentare, to urge a division of public lands, Cic. Off. 2, 22, 78: Triumvir agrarius, superintendent of the division of public lands, Liv. 27, 21: agrariae stationes, in milit. lang., outposts, Amm. 14, 3; Veg. Mil. 1, 3.—In the Pandects: agraria via, a way through the fields, private way, Dig. 43, 8, 2.—II. Subst.: ā^grārĭi, ōrum, m., those who urged the agrarian laws, and sought the possession of public land, the partisans of the agrarian laws:
Gracchus, qui agrarios concitare conatus est, Cic. Cat. 4, 2; id. Phil. 7, 6; Liv. 3, 1. Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
agrārius adj.
ager, pertaining to land: lex, a law for the division of land, C., L.: largitio, a gratuitous land-grant, L.: agrariam rem tentare, to agitate for a distribution of land by law.—As subst:
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵros
- Proto-Italic*agros
- Latinagrārius
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -arius Latin agrārius From ager + -arius.
Descendants
- Catalanagrari
- Frenchagraire
- Italianagrario
- Englishagrarianfrom Middle French agrarien
- Frenchagrarienfrom Middle French agrarien
- Portugueseagrário
- Romanianagrar
- Spanishagrario
- Czechagrární
- Russianаграрный