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|Text=[[Ἄρατος]], ὁ.|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1002.jpg}}]]Ἄρατος, ὁ.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Ărātus</b>: i, m., = Ἄρατος.<br /><b>I</b> A Greek [[poet]] of [[Soli]], in [[Cilicia]], [[who]] fl. B. C. 250; [[author]] of an [[astronomical]] [[poem]], entitled Φαινόμενα, [[which]] [[Cicero]], and [[afterwards]] [[Caesar]] Germanicus, translated [[into]] Latin, Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 69; id. Rep. 1, 22, 56; id. N. D. 2, 41; Ov. Am. 1, 15, 16; Stat. S. 5, 3, 23 (Ărătŭs, Paul. Nol. Carm. 19, 125; Sid. Carm. 23, 112).—<br /><b>II</b> [[Aratus]] of [[Sicyon]], a [[distinguished]] Greek [[general]], [[founder]] of the Achœan League, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81 (v. his [[life]] written by [[Plutarch]]).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(3) <b>Ărātus</b>,¹⁴ ī, m.,<br /><b>1</b> poète grec, auteur des Phénomènes, trad. par Cicéron : Cic. de Or. 1, 69 &#124;&#124; <b>-tēus</b>, et <b>-tīus</b>, a, um, d’[[Aratus]] : Cic. Div. 2, 14 ; Leg. 2, 7<br /><b>2</b> général grec, fondateur de la ligue achéenne : Cic. Off. 2, 81<br /><b>3</b> fleuve des Molosses : Plin. 4, 4.||<b>-tēus</b>, et <b>-tīus</b>, a, um, d’[[Aratus]] : Cic. Div. 2, 14 ; Leg. 2, 7<br /><b>2</b> général grec, fondateur de la ligue achéenne : Cic. Off. 2, 81<br /><b>3</b> fleuve des Molosses : Plin. 4, 4.
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{{Georges
|georg=(2) Arātus<sup>2</sup> (Arātos), ī, m. ([[Ἄρατος]]), I) [[ein]] griechischer Dichter, [[Verfasser]] eines astronomischen Gedichts ( Φαινόμενα betitelt), das [[Cicero]] u. Cäsar Germanikus ins Lateinische übersetzten, Cic. de or. 1, 99; de nat. deor. 2, 104. Ov. am. 1, 15, 16: in Zitaten griech. Genet., phaenomenōn Arātū, Diom. 483, 3. – Dav. Arātēus u. Arātīus, a, um ([[Ἀράτειος]]), [[des]] [[Aratus]], aratëisch, [[carmen]], Cic. u. Lact.: carmina, Cic.: dah. absol., nostra quaedam Aratea, Ciceros Φαινόμενα, Cic. de div. 2, 14. – II) [[ein]] berühmter griech. [[Feldherr]] aus Sikyon, [[Stifter]] [[des]] achäischen Bundes, Cic. de off. 2, 81.
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