region Copy link Outline 1. rĕgio2. tractus, ūs (district)3. ōra (shore, margin)4. pars, tis, f. (in sing. only as a med. t. t.)5. plăga (poet.)6. arvum (prop. arable land; poet.)7. Often expr. by a n. pl. • region: 1. rĕgio: uninhabitable r.s, r. inhabitabiles, Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 24: the r. of the ribs, costarum r., Cels. 4, 1: the r.s of the West, vespertina r., Hor. S. 1, 4, 30: boundless r.s that have no shore, no limit, infinitae r. quarum nulla est ora, nulla extremitas, Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 102: I began to survey the r.s round about, coepi r. circumcirca prospicere, Serv. in id. Fam. 4, 5, 4. 2. tractus, ūs (district): that most famous r. of Venafrum, t. ille celeberrimus Venafranus, Cic. Planc. 9, 22: the wild olive growing in the same r., tractu surgens oleaster eodem, Virg. G. 2, 182: the r. of the sky being infected, corrupto coeli tractu, id. Aen. 3, 138. 3. ōra (shore, margin): in whatever r. and part of the world, quacunque in ora ac parte terrarum, Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164: in the remotest r.s of Asia, extremis Asiae in oris, Virg. G. 2, 171: the r.s of light, luminis orae, id. Aen. 7, 660 (opp. to Acheruntis, Lucr.): the cold r.s, gelida o., Hor. Od. 1, 26, 4. 4. pars, tis, f. (in sing. only as a med. t. t.): the lower r. of the liver, inferior (jecinoris) p., Cels. 4, 1: r.s of the universe, p. mundi, Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 24: the r.s of the East, Orientis p., id. Mur. 41, 89: in the farthest r.s of the unknown world, in extremis ignoti partibus orbis, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 3. 5. plăga (poet.): the etherial r.s, aetheria p., Virg. Aen. 1, 394: the r.s (i. e. zones) are marked on the globe, p. tellure premuntur, Ov. M. 1, 48. 6. arvum (prop. arable land; poet.): in what a r. we lie! quali jaceamus in arvo, Ov. Pont. 4, 7, 3: the r.s that border the Tiber, vicina Thybridis a., Virg. Aen. 3, 500. 7. Often expr. by a n. pl.: the lofty r.s of the Alps, ardua Alpium, Tac. H. 4, 70: the mountain r.s of Cilicia, montuosa Ciliciae, Plin. 11, 53, 116. Phr.: to remain in the r.s of Mesopotamia, circa Mesopotamiam subsistere, Curt. 4, 9, 1: the infernal r.s, sedes scelerata, Ov. M. 4, 456: to suffer punishment in the infernal r.s, ad inferos poenas luere, Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 32 (opp. to superos).