LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

arō

arō (present infinitive arāre, perfect active arāvī, supine arātum)
Classical[ˈa.roː]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.ro]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. to plough, till; to cultivate land, farm; to acquire by tillage
  2. to draw furrows over the body, wrinkle

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

arātrō terram aperiō, ut sēmina capiat.
arō -āre — in Mille Verba, Rūs et Agrīcultūra

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.arōarābamarābōarāvīarāveramarāverō
arārō
2nd sg.arāsarābāsarābisarāvistī
arāstī		arāverās
arārās		arāveris
3rd sg.aratarābatarābitarāvitarāverat
arārat		arāverit
arārit
1st pl.arāmusarābāmusarābimusarāvimusarāverāmusarāverimus
arārimus
2nd pl.arātisarābātisarābitisarāvistis
arāstis		arāverātis
arārātis		arāveritis
arāritis
3rd pl.arantarābantarābuntarāvērunt
arāvēre, arārunt		arāverant
arārant		arāverint
arārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.aremarāremarāverim
arārim		arāvissem
arāssem
2nd sg.arēsarārēsarāverīsarāvissēs
arāssēs
3rd sg.aretarāretarāverit
arārit		arāvisset
arāsset
1st pl.arēmusarārēmusarāverīmus
arārīmus		arāvissēmus
arāssēmus
2nd pl.arētisarārētisarāverītis
arārītis		arāvissētis
arāssētis
3rd pl.arentarārentarāverint
arārint		arāvissent
arāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.arorarābararābor
2nd sg.arāris
arāre		arābāris
arābāre		arāberis
arābere
3rd sg.arāturarābāturarābitur
1st pl.arāmurarābāmurarābimur
2nd pl.arāminīarābāminīarābiminī
3rd pl.aranturarābanturarābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.arerarārer
2nd sg.arēris
arēre		arārēris
arārēre
3rd sg.arēturarārētur
1st pl.arēmurarārēmur
2nd pl.arēminīarārēminī
3rd pl.arenturarārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.arāarāre
pres. 2nd pl.arātearāminī
fut. 2nd sg.arātōarātor
fut. 3rd sg.arātōarātor
fut. 2nd pl.arātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.arantōarantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivearārearārī
perfect infinitivearāvisse
arāsse		arātum esse
future infinitivearātūrum essearātum īrī
present participlearāns—
perfect participle—arātus
arāta, arātā, arātae, arātam, arātārum, arātās, arātī, arātōrum, arātōs
future participlearātūrus
arātūra, arātūrā, arātūrae, arātūram, arātūrārum, arātūrās, arātūre, arātūrī, arātūrīs, arātūrō, arātūrōrum, arātūrōs, arātūrum		arandus
aranda, arandā, arandae, arandam, arandārum, arandās, arande, arandīs, arandōrum, arandōs
gerundarandī, arandō, arandumsupinearātum, arātū

ăro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. cf. ἀρόω = to plough, to till; ἄροτρον = aratrum; ἄροτος, ἄρουρα = arvum, = Welsh ar; ἀροτήρ = arator; armentum; Goth. arjan = to plough; O. H. Germ. aran = to ear,
I. to plough, to till.
I. A.. Lit.
a. Absol.: arare mavelim quam sic amare, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 21: in fundo Fodere aut arare, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 17: si quidem L. Quinctio Cincinnato aranti nuntiatum est etc., Cic. Sen. 16, 56: bene et tempestive arare, Cato, R. R. 61, 1; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 174: bos est enectus arando, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 87: die septimo cessabis arare et metere, Vulg. Exod. 34, 21; ib. Luc. 17, 7; ib. 1 Cor. 9, 10.—
b. With acc.: arare terram, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 16; Ov. F. 1, 703; cf. Col. 2, 4; Pall. 2, 3, 2: ager non semel aratus, sed novatus et iteratus, Cic. de Or. 2, 30, 131: cum terra araretur et sulcus altius esset impressus, id. Div. 2, 23, 50: vallem arari, Vulg. Deut. 21, 4: campum arare, Ov. Tr. 3, 328: olivetum, Col. 5, 9: Capuam, Verg. G. 2, 244: Campaniam, Prop. 4, 4, 5 et saep.—
B. Trop
1. Of a ship, to plough: aequor. Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 76; so id. Am. 2, 10, 33 Heins.; Verg. A. 2, 780; 3, 495: aquas, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 36 (cf.: sulcare aquas, id. M. 4, 707).—
2. Of age, to draw furrows over the body, i. e. to wrinkle: jam venient rugae, quae tibi corpus arent, Ov. A. A. 2, 118.—
3. In mal. part.: fundum alienum, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 24; so id. Truc. 1, 2, 48 al.—
4. Prov.: arare litus, for to bestow useless labor: non profecturis litora bobus aras, Ov. H. 5, 116; so id. Tr. 5, 4, 48; cf. Juv. 7, 49.—
II. In a more extended sense.
A. To cultivate land, and absol. to pursue agriculture, to live by husbandry (cf. agricola and arator): quae homines arant, navigant, aedificant, virtuti omnia parent, i. e. in agriculturā, navigatione, etc., omnia ex virtute animi pendent, Sall. C. 2, 7 Corte' arat Falerni mille fundi jugera, Hor. Epod. 4, 13: cives Romani, qui arant in Siciliā, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 5.—
B. To gain by agriculture, to acquire by tillage: decem medimna ex jugero arare, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47 (where, Zumpt, from conjecture, has received exarare into the text; so B. and K.).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éryeti
  3. Latinarō

Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃trominflu. Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃yeti Proto-Italic *araō Latin arō From Proto-Italic *araō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti, ye-present of the root *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”). The lost laryngeal appears to have been reintroduced due to influence from the widespread noun *h₂érh₃trom (“plough”, whence Latin arātrum) as with Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρόω (ăróō, “to plough”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρόω (ăróō), Lithuanian arti, Old Church Slavonic орати (orati), Old English erian (whence archaic English ear), and Welsh aredig (all “to plough”).

Descendants
  • Italianarare
  • Occitanarar
  • Portugueseararfrom Old Galician-Portuguese arar
  • Romanianara
  • Romanianarare
  • Sardinianarai
  • Sardinianarare
  • Spanisharar
  • Aromanianar
  • Aromanianarari

Quick answers

What does arō mean in Latin?
arō, a verb, means “to plough, till; to cultivate land, farm; to acquire by tillage”.
What are the principal parts of arō?
arō, arāre, arāvī, arātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce arō?
In classical Latin, [ˈa.roː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈaː.ro].
Where does arō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti → Latin arō.