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ărĭēs, ĭētis, m. (for the kindr. forms arvix and harvix, in Varr. and Fest.; v. arvix; poet. aries sometimes dissyl., like abies; hence, a long, Carey, Lat. Pros. § 47: āriĕtis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 45: āriĕtes, trisyl., Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44; so, āriĕtĕ, Verg. A. 2, 492) [some derive this from ἄρην, ἄρρην, qs. the male sheep; others compare ὁ ἔριφος, a he-goat, buck, and ὁ ἔλαφος, a stag; and arna, q. v.], a ram.

  1. I. Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 24; 2, 2, 13; Col. 7, 2, 4; 7, 2, 5; 7, 3, 6; Vulg. Gen. 15, 9; ib. Lev. 4, 35 et persaepe.
    Of the golden fleece: petebant (Argonautae) illam pellem inauratam arietis Colchis, Enn. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 22; Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 7; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6 al.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. The Ram, a sign of the zodiac, Cic. Arat. 230; 244; Hyg. Fab. 133; id. Astr. 2, 20; Manil. 2, 246; Ov. M. 10, 165; Vitr. 9, 5; Plin. 18, 25, 59, § 221 al.
    2. B. An engine for battering down walls, a battering-ram: v. Vitr. 10, 19; Veg. 4, 14, and Smith, Dict. Antiq.: quamvis murum aries percusserit, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35: ab ariete materia defendit, Caes. B. G. 7, 23: arietibus aliquantum muri discussit, Liv. 21, 12; so id. 31, 32; 31, 46; 32, 23; 38, 5; Vulg. Ezech. 26, 9; ib. 2 Macc. 12, 15 al.
    3. C. A beam for support, a prop or buttress: quae (sublicae) pro ariete subjectae vim fluminis exciperent, as a shore or prop, * Caes. B. G. 4, 17 (δίκην κριοῦ, Paraphr.); corresp. to capreolus, Caes. B. C. 2, 10 q. v.
      Trop.: ex quo aries ille subicitur in vestris actionibus, Cic. Top. 17, 64.
    4. D. An unknown sea-monster, very dangerous to ships, Plin. 9, 44, 67, § 145; 32, 11, 53 (where two kinds of them are mentioned); cf. id. 9, 5, 4: trux aries, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 163; cf. Aelian. H. A. 15, 2, and Oppian. Hal. 1, 372.

arvālis, e, adj. [arvum], pertaining to a cultivated field; hence, Fratres Arvales, a college of twelve priests, who yearly made offerings to the field-Lares for the increase of the fruits of the field: Fratres Arvales dicti sunt, qui sacra publica faciunt propterea, ut fruges ferant arva, Varr. L. L. 5, § 85 Müll.; cf. Non. p. 560, 24 sq.; Müll. Etrusk. 2, pp. 91 and 105. Extant inscriptions show that this college of priests continued in existence until the fourth century; cf. Inscr. Orell. I. 388 sq.; 5054; 807; 840; 858; 903; 947; 961 al.

ar-vĕho, exi, ectum, 3, v. a. (an old form for adveho, v. ad init.), to bring, to procure (only twice in Cato): arvehant ligna, Cato, R. R. 138: trapetum ubi arvectum erit, id. ib. 135, 7.

Arverni, ōrum, m., = Ἀρβερνοί, Plut.; Ἀρουερνοί, Strabo, a people of Gaul, in the present Auvergne, Caes. B. G. 1, 31; 1, 45; 7, 7; Luc. 1, 427; cf. Mann. Gall. p. 130.
Hence, Arvernus, a, um, adj., Arvernian: Arvernum genus (vini), Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 18.

arviga (harv-), v. arvix.

arvīna, ae, f.

  1. I. Grease, fat, suet, lard.
    1. A. In gen.: pinguis, * Verg. A. 7, 627 (secundum Suetonium arvina est durum pingue, quod est inter cutem et viscus, Serv.).
    2. B. Esp.
        1. a. Of the victim in a sacrifice (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Exod. 29, 22; ib. Lev. 3, 15; so the dim. arvinula, * ib. ib. 8, 16.
        2. b. Of a person: de latere ejus arvina dependet, Vulg. Job, 15, 27.
  2. II. Greasiness, fatness, in gen., Prud. Cath. 7, 9; Sid. Ep. 8, 14.
  3. III. Arvīna, a surname of the dictator A. Cornelius Cossus, Liv. 8, 38.

arvīnŭla, ae, v. arvina, I. B. a.

† arvix or harvix, ĭgis, f., = ΑΡΙΞ, with digamma ΑΡϜΙΞ, also as fem. arvi-ga (harv-), ae, a ram for offering: Aries qui etiam dicebatur Ares, veteres nostri Arviga, hinc Arvigas, Varr. L. L. 5, § 98 Lindem.: Harviga dicebatur hostia, cujus adhaerentia inspiciebantur exta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 100 Müll. (in Don. ad Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 28, haruga; in Vel. Long. p. 2233 P. ariuga).

arvum, i, n., v. arvus, II. B.

arvus, a, um, adj. [for aruus from aro].

  1. I. That has been ploughed, but not yet sown, ploughed, arable: ager, arvus et arationes ab arando, Varr. L. L. 5, § 39 Müll.: arvum, quod aratum nec dum satum est, id. R. R. 1, 29; Paul. ex Fest. p. 25 Müll.: aut arvus est ager aut consitus aut pascuus aut florens, Isid. Orig. 15, 13: Non arvus hic, sed pascuus est ager, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 47: agri arvi et arbusti et pascui lati atque uberes, Cic. Rep. 5, 2, 3.
    Hence,
  2. II. Subst.
    1. A. arva, ae, f. (sc. terra), an arable field, cornfield; only twice, ante-class., Naev. ap. Non. p. 192, 30; Pac. ib.
    2. B. arvum, i, n. (sc. solum), an arable field, cultivated land, a field, ploughed land, glebe (cf. Doed. Syn. III. p. 8; class.): nec scibat ferro molirier arva, Lucr. 5, 934; 1, 314: sol lumine conserit arva, id. 2, 211; cf. id. 2, 1162; Ov. M. 1, 598; 11, 33; Verg. G. 2, 263 et saep.: ex arvo aeque magno, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 2: prata et arva et pecudum greges diliguntur isto modo, quod fructus ex eis capiuntur, Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 122: arva non afferent cibum, Vulg. Hab. 3, 17: Numidae pabulo pecoris magis quam arvo student, Sall. J. 90, 1: ne perconteris, fundus meus, optime Quincti, Arvo pascat erum, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 2 (i. e. frugibus: arvum autem ab arando dictum est, Crucq.): arva per annos mutant, et superest ager, Tac. G. 26; Suet. Ner. 31; id. Dom. 7.
      1. 2. Meton.
        1. a. A region, country: Aspicis en praesens, quali jaceamus in arvo, Ov. P. 4, 7, 3.
        2. b. Poet., in gen., fields, plains, regions: arva putria, Liv. And. ap. Fest. p. 181 Müll.: genus humanum multo fuit in arvis durius, Lucr. 5, 925; 2, 1154: nec pisces (queunt) vivere in arvis, id. 3, 785: Circaea arva, Ov. M. 14, 348: Peneïa, id. ib. 12, 209; so id. ib. 15, 52; 15, 276; 11, 62; 11, 196; Verg. A. 5, 703 et saep.: pomosa, Prop. 5, 7, 81: quā tumidus rigat arva Nilus, Hor. C. 3, 3, 48; id. Epod. 16, 54; so, arva deserti, Vulg. Jer. 23, 10: arva pacis, ib. ib. 25, 37.
          Hence also,
          1. (α) For pascuum, pasture-ground: Arvaque mugitu sancite bovaria longo: Nobile erit Romae pascua vestra forum, i. e. the Forum Boarium at Rome, Prop. 5, 9, 19.
          2. (β) Arva Neptunia, for the sea, Verg. A. 8, 695 (cf. id. ib. 6, 724: campi liquentes).
          3. (γ) Land, a shore, coast: jamque arva tenebant (angues), Verg. A. 2, 209.