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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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L&S Lewis & Short (2)
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Text provided under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license by the Perseus Digital Library, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Digitized from Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary (1879). Data originally from PerseusDL/lexica and accessed from github.com/nkprasad12/lexica.
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ărēna: fem nom/voc sg (orth)

ărēnā: fem abl sg (orth)

• hărēna (better than ărēna, Bramb. s. v. Rib. Prol. Verg. p. 422, and v. infra), ae, f. [Sabin. fas-ena; from Sanscr. root bhas-, to shine, gleam, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 102].
  1. I. Prop., sand (syn.: sabulum, glarea, suburra): harenae tria genera, Plin. 36, 23, 54, § 175: magnus congestus harenae, Lucr. 6, 724; 726: litoris incurvi bibulam pavit aequor harenam, the thirsty sand of the curved shore, id. 2, 376; so, bibula harena, Verg. G. 1, 114 (Rib. and Forbig., but Conington arena): sicca, id. ib. 1, 389: sterilis, id. ib. 1, 70: mollis, Ov. M. 2, 577: opaci omnis harena Tagi, i. e. the gold it was believed to contain, Juv. 3, 55 (cf. Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 115): nivis more incidens, Sen. Q. N. 2, 30, 2.—Poet.: harena nigra, = limus, slime, mud, Verg. G. 4, 292.—Plur. (postAug.; its use is said by Gell. 19, 8, 3, to have been ridiculed by Cæsar as a verbi vitium): arenae carae, of the golden sands of Pactolus, Ov. M. 11, 88 Merk.: quem (delphina) postquam bibulis inlisit fluctus harenis, id. H. 18, 201: summae cauda verruntur arenae, id. M. 10, 701 Merk.; so id. ib. 2, 456; 865; 11, 231; 499; 15, 268; 279; Stat. S. 4, 3, 23 Queck; Col. 1 praef. 24; but harenae, Ov. Am. 2, 11, 47; Verg. G. 2, 106; 3, 350; Hor. C. 3, 4, 31 K. and H.: arenarum inculta vastitas, Sen. Q. N. 1 prol. 8; of the bottom of the sea: furit aestus harenis, Verg. A. 1, 107: aestu miscentur harenae, id. ib. 3, 557.—Prov.
          1. α. Quid harenae semina mandas? Ov. H. 5, 115; cf. id. Tr. 5, 4, 48.—
          2. β. Ex incomprehensibili pravitate arenae funis effici non potest, Col. 10 praef. § 4.—
          3. γ. Arena sine calce, said by Caligula of Seneca, because his sentences seem like independent maxims, without connection, Suet. Cal. 53.—
          4. δ. Of vast numbers: sicut arena quae est in litore maris, Vulg. Judic. 7, 12; id. Gen. 22, 17.—
  2. II. Meton.
    1. A. In gen., sand, sands, a sandy place: ut cum urbis vendiderit, tum arenam aliquam emat, Cic. Agr. 2, 27, 71 B. and K.—
    2. B. Esp.
      1. 1. A sandy desert, waste (mostly post-Aug.): cum super Libycas victor penderet arenas, Ov. M. 4, 617; Luc. 2, 417: nigras inter harenas, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 83. Memnonis effigies, disjectas inter et vix pervias arenas, Tac. A. 2, 61.—
      2. 2. The shore of the sea, the beach, coast, strand: cum mare permotum ventis ruit intus harenam, Lucr. 6, 726: litoream arenam sulcare, Ov. M. 15, 725: doque leves saltus udaeque inmittor arenae, id. ib. 3, 599: multaque perpessae (carinae) Phrygia potiuntur arena, id. ib. 12, 38: sub noctem potitur classis arena, id. ib. 13, 729.—So sing., Verg. A. 1, 540; 5, 34; 6, 316; 11, 626 al.—
      3. 3. The place of combat in the amphitheatre (strewn with sand), the arena: in amphitheatri arena, Suet. Ner. 53; id. Tit. 8: missus in arenam aper, id. Tib. 72; id. Aug. 43: comminus ursos figebat Numidas Albana nudus harena venator, Juv. 4, 100; 2, 144; 8, 206: juvenes in arenam luxuria projecit, Sen. Ep. 99, 13.—
      4. 4. Transf.
          1. α. A combat in the amphitheatre: in harenam se dare, Dig. 11, 4, 5 fin.: operas arenae promittere, Tac. A. 14, 14: in opera scaenae arenaeque edenda, Suet. Tib. 35: scaenae arenaeque devotus, id. Cal. 30.—
          2. β. The combatants in the arena: cum et juris idem (i. e. testandi libertas) contingat harenae, the gladiators have the right, etc., Juv. 6, 217.—
      5. 5. Harena urens, volcanic fire, lava: Aetna ingentem vim arenae urentis effudit, Sen. Q. N. 2, 30, 1.—
  3. III. Trop., the place of combat, scene or theatre of any contest (war, a single battle, a dispute, etc.): civilis belli arena, Flor. 4, 2, 18; 4, 7, 6; cf. id. 3, 21, 1; Luc. 6, 63: in harena mea, hoc est apud centumviros, Plin. Ep. 6, 12, 2.
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Félix Gaffiot, Dictionnaire illustré latin-français (1934). Digital data kindly provided by gaffiot.fr.
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• ărēna (hăr-), æ, f., sable :
1. bibula arena Virg. G. 1, 114, le sable qui absorbe l'eau ; arenæ semina mandare Ov. H. 5, 115, semer dans le sable [perdre sa peine]
2. terrain sablonneux : arenam emere Cic. Agr. 2, 71, acheter un terrain sablonneux
3. [en part.]
  1. a) désert de sable : Libycæ arenæ Ov. M. 4, 617, les sables de Libye ;
  2. b) rivage : hospitium arenæ Virg. En. 1, 540, l'hospitalité du rivage ;
  3. c) l'arène : Cic. Tusc. 2, 46 ; Suet. Tib. 72 ; [fig.] Flor. 4, 2, 18 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 6, 12, 2 ; [d'où] les combats du cirque : arenæ devotus Suet. Cal. 30, passionné pour les combats du cirque || les combattants du cirque, gladiateurs : juris idem arenæ Juv. 6, 217, les gladiateurs ont le même droit
4. arena urens Sen. Nat. 2, 30, 1, la lave.
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ărēna: fem nom/voc sg (orth)

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• hărēna, etc., v. arena, etc. : Char. 103, 21 [orth. de Cato Agr.].
GES Gesner (2)
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Johann Matthias Gesner, Novus Linguae et Eruditionis Romanae Thesaurus (1749). Transcribed by the team of Dr. Wilhelm Kühlmann from Heidelberg University; accessed via latin-dict.github.io.
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ARENA, ae. [ἄμμος, ψάμαθος, ψάμμος, ἄμαθος] Terra arida non cohaerens, vel minutissimi silices etc. […]
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ărēna: fem nom/voc sg (orth)

ărēnā: fem abl sg (orth)

HARENA et inde ducta, vid.ARENA.
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Egidio Forcellini, Totius Latinitatis Lexicon. Digital entries displayed from lexica.linguax.com, maintained by Godmy. All credit belongs to the respective authors and contributors.
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• arena, i. e. the open space in the centre of the Roman circus:
      1. 1. ărēna: Suet.: Juv.: hence fig.: the scene or theatre of any kind of contention: an a. for civil war, civilis belli a., Hor.: Plin.
      2. 2. pulvis, ĕris, m. (poet.): they control the chariots in the a., domitant in pulvere currus, Virg. Fig.: the a. of the forum, forensis pulvis, Quint.--Note. For the fig. sense of arena, cf. field (III.).