Aratus

See also: aratus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄρᾱτος (Árātos, literally the one prayed for).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈɹeɪtəs/

Proper noun

Aratus

  1. (Greek mythology) A healer and a son of Asclepius and his lover, Aristodama, and the paternal halfbrother of Aceso, Aglaea, Hygieia, Iaso, Meditrina, Panacea, Machaon, Podaleirios, Telesphoros.
  2. An ancient Greek didactic poet.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄρᾱτος (Árātos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Arātus m sg (genitive Arātī); second declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Aratus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Arātus
Genitive Arātī
Dative Arātō
Accusative Arātum
Ablative Arātō
Vocative Arāte

References

  • Aratus2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Aratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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