seldom (adv.) Copy link • seldom (adv.): rārō (opp. to saepe; most usu. word): wine is s. beneficial to sick men, it is very often injurious to them, vinum aegrotis r. prodest, nocet saepissime, Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 69. Comp. perrāro (very seldom): this throw very s. fails, p. haec alea fallit, Hor. S. 2, 5, 50: Cic.: v. rarely.