adjective
Ărātēus
Meaning
- belonging to the Greek poet Aratus
Ărātēus (Ărātī-), a, um, adj., = Ἀράτειος,
I. of or belonging to the Greek poet Aratus, Aratean: lucernae, Cinna ap. Isid. Orig. 6, 12.—Hence, absol.: nostra quaedam Aratea, i. e. the Φαινόμενα of Aratus, translated by Cicero into Latin, Cic. Div. 2, 5, 14 B. and K.; of this translation we still possess large portions;
v. Cic. Orell. IV. pp. 1014, 1033: carminibus Arateis, Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Arātēus (Arātī-) adj.,
of the poet Aratus: carmina.