arura

English

Alternative forms
aroura

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄρουρα (ároura, “arura”), a semantic loan

from Egyptian sṯꜣt (“arura”).

Noun

arura (plural aruras)

1. (historical) An ancient measure of arable land, a square of 100

Egyptian cubits (mḥ) on each side.
Translations
ancient Egyptian measure of arable land hide ▲

Egyptian:

(sṯꜣt)

Anagrams
aurar

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄρουρα (ároura).

Noun

arūra f (genitive arūrae); first declension

1. A field, cornfield
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural

Nominative arūra arūrae
Genitive arūrae arūrārum
Dative arūrae arūrīs
Accusative arūram arūrās
Ablative arūrā arūrīs
Vocative arūra arūrae

References
“arura (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:tex
t:1999.04.0059:entry=arura) ”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles
 Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

arura (http://ducange.enc.sorbonne.fr/ARURA) in Charles du Fresne

du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented
edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others,
edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

arura (http://micmap.org/dicfro/search/gaffiot/arura) in Gaffiot,

Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

“arura (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:tex
t:1999.04.0062:entry=arura-harpers) ”, in Harry Thurston Peck,
editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York:
Harper & Brothers

“arura (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:tex
t:1999.04.0063:entry=arura-cn) ”, in William Smith et al., editor
(1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William
Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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