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.—
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.—
