rorarii

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁rṓs (compare Old English rǣs (“running, race”), Albanian resh (“to precipitate”), Ancient Greek ἐρωή (erōḗ, “quick motion, rush”)).

Noun

rōrāriī m pl (genitive rōrāriōrum); second declension

  1. (military) Type of soldiers in the pre-Marian Roman army, probably fulfilling the role of skirmishers.

Declension

Second declension.

Case Plural
Nominative rōrāriī
Genitive rōrāriōrum
Dative rōrāriīs
Accusative rōrāriōs
Ablative rōrāriīs
Vocative rōrāriī

References
  • rorarii in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rorarii in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rorarii in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rorarii in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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