noun · femininefirst declension
arrha
arrha f (genitive arrhae)
Classical[ˈar.rʰa]Ecclesiastical[ˈar.ra]
Meaning
- femininedeposit, down payment
- femininepledge
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | arrha | arrhae |
| genitive | arrhae | arrhārum |
| dative | arrhae | arrhīs |
| accusative | arrham | arrhās |
| ablative | arrhā | arrhīs |
| vocative | arrha | arrhae |
arrha, ae, f., and arrhăbo (also without aspiration arra and arrăbo), ōnis, m. (the latter form ante-class.; cf. Gell. 17, 2, 21; in Cic. the word is never used), = ἀρραβών [from the Heb. from , to give security],
I. the money given to ratify a contract, earnest-money, purchase-money, a pledge, an earnest (arrha is a part of the purchase-money, while pignus is a pledge to be restored when the contract, for security of which it is given, Las been performed, Isid. Orig. 5, 25).
I. Lit.:
arraboni has dedit quadraginta minas, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 115; id. Rud. prol. 46; id. Poen. 5, 6, 22: Ea relicta huic arrabonist pro illo argento, * Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 42: tantus arrabo, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 20 (i. e. sexcentos obsides, Gell.): dederis mihi arrabonem, Vulg. Gen. 38, 17: pro arrabone dari, ib. ib. 38, 18.—Jestingly shortened into rabo: rabonem habeto, mecum ut hanc noctem sies, Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 20 sq.—II. Trop.:
arrabo amoris, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 11; Dig. 18, 1, 35; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 28; and so ironically: mortis arra, money given to physicians, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21.Origins
Shortened form of arrhabō, from Ancient Greek ἀρραβών (arrhabṓn), from Biblical Hebrew עירבון / עֵרָבוֹן (ʿērāḇōn, “guarantee, deposit”) (earlier *ʿirrabūn).
Descendants
- Catalanarres
- Frencharrhes
- Italianarra
- Occitanarras
- Portuguesearras
- Spanisharras
- Galicianarras