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|lshtext=<b>ferrātus</b>: a, um, adj. [[ferrum]],<br /><b>I</b> furnished, [[covered]], or [[shod]] [[with]] [[iron]].<br /><b>I</b> Adj.: postes, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 622 (Ann. v. 271 ed. Vahl.); imitated, Verg. A. 7, 622: orbes rotarum, Lucr. 6, 551; Verg. G. 3, 361: [[hasta]], Liv. 1, 32, 12: sudes, Verg. A. 5, 208: capistra, id. G. 3, 399: [[calx]], [[armed]] [[with]] a [[spur]], id. A. 11, 714: servi, i. e. [[fettered]] (sc. catenis), Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 11; cf. the preced. [[art]].: agmina, i. e. [[iron]]-clad, in armor, Hor. C. 4, 14, 30: aquae, ferruginous, chalybeate, Sen. Q. N. 3, 2: [[forma]] suum, [[iron]], made of [[iron]], Val. Fl. 6, 90.—<br /><b>II</b> Subst.: ferrāti, ōrum, m. (sc. milites): in fronte statuerat ferratos, in cornibus cohortes, harnessed soldiers, cuirassiers, Tac. A. 3, 45.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ferrātus</b>,¹² a, um ([[ferrum]]) ; garni de [[fer]], ferré, armé de [[fer]] : Lucr. 6, 551 ; Virg. En. 5, 208 ; Liv. 1, 32, 12 || ferratæ aquæ Sen. Nat. 3, 2, eaux ferrugineuses || de [[fer]] : Val. Flacc. 6, 90 || subst. m., ferrati Tac. Ann. 3, 45, soldats bardés de [[fer]] || c. [[ferratilis]] : Pl. Bacch. 781.
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