English

Alternative forms

• aroura

Noun

arura ‎(plural aruras)

1. (historical) An ancient measure of arable land, a square of 100 Egyptian cubits on each side.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄρουρα ‎(ároura)

Noun

arūra f ‎(genitive arūrae); first declension

1. A field, cornfield

Inflection

First declension.

References

• arura in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ARURA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “arura”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• arura in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• arura in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin