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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=rarus rara -um, rarior -or -us, rarissimus -a -um ADJ :: [[thin]], [[scattered]]; [[few]], [[infrequent]]; [[rare]]; [[in small groups]]; [[loose knit]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>rārus</b>: a, um, adj. etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. [[root]] rah-, to [[abandon]],<br /><b>I</b> having [[wide]] interstices [[between]] its parts, of a [[loose]] [[texture]], not [[thick]] or [[dense]], [[thin]] (opp. [[densus]]; freq. and class.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: denseri poterunt ignes, rarique relinqui, Lucr. 1, 656; cf.: ([[terra]]) Rara [[sit]] an [[supra]] morem si densa requiras ... Densa [[magis]] Cereri, rarissima quaeque Lyaeo, Verg. G. 2, 227 sq.; 1, 419: [[textura]], Lucr. 4, 196; cf. [[retia]], Verg. A. 4, 131; Hor. Epod. 2, 33: [[tunica]], Ov. Am. 1, 5, 13; and: [[cribrum]], id. M. 12, 437: rariores silvae, the thinner, clearer parts of the [[forest]], Tac. Agr. 37: [[seges]], Col. 2, 9, 6: [[corpus]] (opp. solidae res), Lucr. 1, 347; 2, 860; 6, 631 al.: aër, id. 2, 107; cf. in the comp., id. 6, 1024: [[manus]], i.e. [[with]] the fingers [[spread]] [[apart]], Quint. 11, 3, 103: raraque non fracto vestigia pulvere [[pendent]], i.e. [[scarcely]] [[visible]], Stat. Th. 6, 640.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of things [[which]] [[stand]] [[apart]] from [[each]] [[other]], [[far]] [[apart]], here and [[there]], [[scattered]], [[thin]], [[scanty]] ( = disjectus; opp. [[densus]], [[confertus]]): cum raris disjectisque ex aedificiis [[pabulum]] conquireretur, Hirt. B. G. 8, 10; cf.: vides habitari in terrā raris et angustis in locis, [[scattered]], Cic. Rep. 6, 19, 20: [[apparent]] rari nantes, Verg. A. 1, 118: foramina, Lucr. 5, 457: bacae expanduntur rarae, Plin. 17, 10, 11, § 60: frutices in vertice, Ov. H. 10, 25: [[coma]], id. Am. 1, 8, 111; cf. [[capillus]]. Suet. Calig. 50: racemi, Verg. E. 5, 7: [[umbra]], id. ib. 7, 46: arbores, Nep. Milt. 5, 3: [[tela]], Ov. M. 12, 600 et saep. — Poet.: manat rara meas [[lacrima]] per genas, [[drop]] by [[drop]], Hor. C. 4, 1, 34. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic., in [[military]] lang., [[far]] [[apart]], here and [[there]], [[scattered]] [[about]], [[dispersed]], [[straggling]], [[single]] (opp. [[confertus]]). accedebat huc, ut [[numquam]] conferti, sed rari magnisque intervallis proeliarentur, Caes. B. G. 5, 16; cf.: rari in confertos illati, Liv. 23, 27: ipsi ex silvis rari propugnabant, Caes. B. G. 5, 9; 5, 17; 7, 45; 7, 80; id. B. C. 1, 27 fin.: [[Samnites]] raris ordinibus constiterant, Liv. 9, 27; Curt. 4, 14, 14: rara est [[acies]], Verg. A. 9, 508: rarior [[acies]], Tac. H. 3, 25; Front. Strat. 3, 10, 4: rarior [[acies]], Curt. 4, 15, 20: ut ordines suos non [[magnopere]] servarent. rari dispersique pugnarent, Caes. B. C. 1, 44; cf. Tac. Agr. 37 fin.; Front. Strat. 1, 5, 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of [[any]] [[thing]] [[found]] in [[small]] numbers or [[which]] [[seldom]] takes [[place]], [[few]], [[rare]] (cf. [[paucus]]): in omni [[arte]] ... ut in ipsă virtute, optimum quidque rarissimum, Cic. Fin. 2, 25, 81; cf.: rarum [[genus]] (amicorum) et [[quidem]] omnia praeclara rara, id. Lael. 21, 79: raris ac [[prope]] nullis portibus, Caes. B. G. 3, 12 fin.; cf.: [[etiamsi]] [[rarus]] ejus rei, [[nonnullus]] [[tamen]] [[usus]], Quint. 8, 6, 30: [[rarus]] [[enim]] est [[animus]] ad ea defendenda, Sall. H. 3, 61, 7 Dietsch: Idem rarum est, non [[sine]] usu [[tamen]], Quint. 5, 11, 42: rari domos, plurimi amicorum tecta ... petivere, Tac. H. 1, 79 fin.: [[Oceanus]] raris ab orbe nostro navibus aditur, id. G. 2: aliquod solitarium aut rarum, Cic. Inv. 1, 44, 83: ut anteponantur rara vulgaribus, id. Top. 18, 69: litterae, Liv. 6, 1; cf. id. 7, 3: rara hostium apparebant [[arma]], id. 2, 50: lites, Quint. 7, 1, 43: [[infelicitas]], id. 11, 2, 49: quae ([[littera]]) est [[apud]] nos rarissima in clausulis, id. 12, 10, 31: [[quod]] est [[magis]] rarum, id. 9, 2, 73: ex [[maxime]] [[raro]] genere hominum, Cic. Lael. 17, 64; cf. Quint. 7, 3, 25: raris vocibus [[hisco]], Verg. A. 3, 314: rara per ignotos errent animalia montes, id. E. 6, 40: audiet pugnas [[vitio]] parentum Rara juventus, Hor. C. 1, 2, 24. —Rarum est, [[with]] ut: rarum est, ut, etc., Quint. 3, 10, 3; 6, 3, 38; 10, 7, 24: rarum dictu, esse aliquid, cui prosit [[neglegentia]], Plin. 18, 16, 39, § 140.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Mostly [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]] for the adv. [[raro]], [[seldom]], [[rarely]]: nec Iliacos [[coetus]] [[nisi]] [[rarus]] adibat, Ov. M. 11, 766; cf.: [[rarus]], qui tam [[procul]] a portu recessisset, reperiebatur, Quint. 12, prooem. § 3; so, [[rarus]] fuit, qui, etc., id. 6, 2, 3: antiquis scriptoribus [[rarus]] [[obtrectator]], Tac. A. 4, 33; Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 22, p. 233 Gerl.: [[Caesar]] [[rarus]] egressu, Tac. A. 15, 53; cf.: leones rari in potu, Plin. 8, 16, 18, § 46: ([[calculus]]) [[rarus]] inventu, id. 28, 15, 61, § 217; cf.: [[helxine]] rara visu est, id. 21, 16, 56, § 96: [[Homerus]] [[alias]] [[circa]] picturas pigmentaque [[rarus]], i. e. [[rarely]] speaks of [[them]], id. 33, 7, 38, § 115—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Poet., in partic., [[uncommon]] of its [[kind]], [[scarce]], [[rare]], [[extraordinary]], [[remarkable]]: rara [[puella]] fuit, Prop. 1, 17, 16; so, Cynthia, id. 1, 8, 42: [[ministra]] deae, id. 4 (5), 11, 52; cf.: rara [[quidem]] facie, sed rarior [[arte]] canendi, Ov. M. 14, 337: [[facies]], id. H. 17, 93 Ruhnk.: [[vestis]], Cat. 69, 3: [[avis]] (sc. [[pavo]]), Hor. S. 2, 2, 26: [[fides]], id. C. 1, 35, 21: artis [[opus]] rarae, Tib. 3, 4, 37: patulis rarissima ramis, Ov. M. 7, 622: rarissima [[turba]], id. A. A. 2, 281: rarissimi ingenii [[homo]], Sen. Contr. 28: conjux rarissima, Stat. S. 5, 1, 11.— Hence, adv., [[usually]] [[raro]] ([[class]].), [[but]] [[sometimes]] [[rare]] ([[ante]] - [[class]]. and postAug.), [[rarenter]] ([[ante]]- and [[post]] - [[class]].), or rariter ([[late]] Lat.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Form rārō: [[raro]] [[nimium]] dabat [[quod]] biberem, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 20: potavi, edi, donavi, et [[enim]] id [[raro]], id. Bacch. 4, 10, 6: si id, [[quod]] [[raro]] [[fit]], fieri [[omnino]] negetur, Cic. Inv. 1, 43, 80: evenire insolenter et [[raro]] (opp. [[vulgo]]), id. ib. 1, 28, 43: [[vinum]] aegrotis prodest [[raro]], nocet saepissime, id. N. D. 3, 27, 69; id. de Or. 3, 52, 101; cf. id. Or. 24, 80: sed [[tamen]] [[raro]] habet in oratione poeticum aliquod [[verbum]] dignitatem, id. de Or. 3, 38, 153: [[raro]] antecedentem scelestum Deseruit [[poena]], Hor. C. 3, 2, 31: [[admodum]] [[raro]], Cic. Fat. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12; for [[which]] we [[find]] [[raro]] [[admodum]], Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 2, 50, 51, § 135: [[raro]] [[umquam]], Quint. 4, 1, 4; 5, 7, 22; Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 93: ita [[raro]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 37: sic [[raro]], Hor. S. 2, 3, 1: tam [[raro]], Ov. M. 13, 117: [[quam]] [[raro]], Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 25: [[perquam]] [[raro]], Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 55.— Comp.: [[quod]] si rarius fiet, [[quam]] tu exspectabis, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 1.— Sup.: istud rarissime accidere, Col. 5, 5, 7: non affari [[nisi]] rarissime, Suet. Claud. 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Form rārē (acc. to I.), [[far]] [[apart]], [[thinly]], [[sparsely]], here and [[there]]: [[nisi]] [[rare]] conseritur, vanam et minutam spicam facit, Col. 2, 9, 5: tenui vimine rarius [[contextus]] [[saccus]], id. 9, 15, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to II. B.) Of [[time]], [[seldom]], [[rarely]]: [[vero]] [[rare]] capitur ([[piscis]]), Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 56.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Form rārenter, [[seldom]], [[rarely]]: [[dato]] [[rarenter]] bibere, [[Cato]], R. R. 103; so, [[rarenter]], Liv. And., Enn., Caecil., Nov., Trab., Pompon. ap. Non. 515, 23 sq.; 164, 25 sq.; App. Flor. 3, p. 357, 22. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Form rārĭter ([[very]] [[rare]]): [[quidquid]] [[fit]] rariter, [[magis]] delectat, Schol. Juv. 11, 208.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>rārus</b>,⁸ a, um,<br /><b>1</b> peu serré, peu [[dense]], qui a des jours dans sa contexture : [[retia]] rara Virg. En. 4, 131, filets à larges mailles ; [[terra]] rara Virg. G. 2, 227, terre légère ; [[textura]] rara Lucr. 4, 196, tissu clair ; rariores silvæ Tac. Agr. 37, clairières des bois<br /><b>2</b> espacé, clairsemé, distant, disséminé : raris in locis Cic. Rep. 6, 20, dans des endroits disséminés sur la terre ; apparent rari nantes in gurgite [[vasto]] Virg. En. 1, 118, çà et là apparaissent des naufragés sur le [[vaste]] gouffre de la mer ; arbores raræ Nep. Milt. 5, 3, arbres clairsemés ; [[rarus]] [[capillus]] Suet. Cal. 60, cheveux rares ; [[numquam]] conferti [[sed]] rari Cæs. G. 5, 16, 4, jamais en masse compacte, mais par petits groupes, cf. Cæs. G. 5, 9, 6 ; 5, 17, 1 ; 7, 45, 7 ; raris ordinibus constiterant Liv. 9, 27, 8, ils s’étaient formés en lignes espacées ; rarior [[acies]] erat Curt. 4, 15, 20, la ligne de bataille était moins compacte<br /><b>3</b> peu nombreux, [[rare]] : raris ac [[prope]] nullis portibus Cæs. G. 3, 12, 5, avec des ports rares ou presque sans ports ; optimum [[quidque]] rarissimum Cic. Fin. 2, 81, ce qui [[est]] le meilleur [[est]] aussi le [[plus]] [[rare]], cf. Cic. Læl. 79, ex [[maxime]] [[raro]] genere hominum Cic. Læl. 64, d’une espèce d’hommes [[rare]] entre toutes<br /><b>4</b> peu fréquent : [[rarus]] [[obtrectator]] Tac. Ann. 4, 33, détracteur qui se voit rarement ; [[rarus]] egressu Tac. Ann. 15, 53, qui sort rarement ; rarum [[est]], ut subj. Quint. 3, 10, 3 ; 6, 3, 38, etc., il arrive rarement que &#124;&#124; [emploi adverb.] : [[rarus]] adibat Ov. M. 11, 766, il pénétrait rarement<br /><b>5</b> [poét.] [[rare]], remarquable, exceptionnel : rara [[avis]] Hor. S. 2, 2, 26, oiseau [[rare]] [le paon] ; rara facie, [[sed]] rarior [[arte]] canendi Ov. M. 14, 337, remarquable par sa beauté, [[plus]] remarquable encore par son art du chant ; [[quercus]] patulis rarissima ramis Ov. M. 7, 622, chêne extraordinaire par l’étendue de ses rameaux.||[emploi adverb.] : [[rarus]] adibat Ov. M. 11, 766, il pénétrait rarement<br /><b>5</b> [poét.] [[rare]], remarquable, exceptionnel : rara [[avis]] Hor. S. 2, 2, 26, oiseau [[rare]] [le paon] ; rara facie, [[sed]] rarior [[arte]] canendi Ov. M. 14, 337, remarquable par sa beauté, [[plus]] remarquable encore par son art du chant ; [[quercus]] patulis rarissima ramis Ov. M. 7, 622, chêne extraordinaire par l’étendue de ses rameaux.
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{{Georges
|georg=rarus, a, um (zu Wz. erē, [[trennen]], [[locker]], undicht [[sein]]), [[mit]] weiten Zwischenräumen in seinen [[Teilen]], [[locker]], [[nicht]] [[dicht]], [[dünn]] u. dgl. (Ggstz. [[densus]], [[creber]]), I) eig.: densi rarique ignes, Lucr.: [[terra]] rara, Verg., rarissima, Verg.: [[terra]] sit rarior [[quam]] densior, Colum.: [[retia]], weitmaschige, Verg. u. Hor.: [[tunica]], Ov.: [[cribrum]], weitlöcheriges, Ov.: pectan, weitzinkiger, Ov.: rariores silvae, dünner, lichter, Tac.: [[corpus]] (Ggstz. solidae [[res]]), Lucr.: [[interior]] costae [[pars]], [[locker]], Cels.: aër, Lucr.: [[manus]], [[mit]] gespreizten Fingern, Quint. – subst., densum et rarum, Colum. 3, 12, 3. – II) übtr.: A) v. Dingen [[oder]] Personen, die [[selbst]] [[weit]] [[auseinander]] [[sich]] [[befinden]], [[einzeln]], [[einzeln]] [[stehend]], [[zerstreut]], [[weitläufig]], [[weit]], [[dünn]], [[dünn]] gesät (Ggstz. [[densus]], [[confertus]], [[continuus]]), a) übh.: rara disiectaque aedificia, Hirt. b.G.: rara et angusta [[loca]], zerstreute, Cic.: raris locis ignes fieri, [[nur]] an einzelnen Punkten, [[nur]] [[hier]] u. da, Liv.: foramina terrae, Lucr.: bacae expanduntur rarae, Plin.: [[coma]] r., Ov.: [[capillus]], Suet.: racemi, Verg.: [[tela]], Ov. – poet., manat rara meas [[lacrima]] per genas, eine einsame, verstohlene, Hor. carm. 4, 1, 34. – b) [[als]] milit. t.t., [[einzeln]], vereinzelt, [[weitläufig]], getrennt, [[zerstreut]], [[lückenhaft]] (Ggstz. [[confertus]], constipatus; vgl. [[bes]]. Mützell Curt. 4, 14 [54], 14), ordines, Liv.: [[acies]], Frontin.: [[numquam]] conferti, [[sed]] rari magnisque intervallis proeliantur, Caes.; vgl. rari dispersique pugnant, Caes.: rari in confertos illati, Liv.: rariore [[iam]] Vitellianorum acie, Tac. – B) v. allem, [[was]] der [[Zahl]] u. [[Zeit]] [[nach]] [[nur]] [[hier]] und da, [[nur]] [[hin]] u. [[wieder]] [[sich]] zeigt, vorkommt, [[nur]] [[einzeln]], [[wenig]], [[selten]] (Ggstz. [[frequens]]), 1) im allg.: a) [[nur]] [[hier]] und da-, [[nur]] [[hin]] und [[wieder]]-, [[nur]] [[einzeln]] kommend, -vorkommend, -anzutreffen, -angetroffen, -angewandt, raris ac [[prope]] nullis portibus, Caes.: rari domos, [[plurimi]] amicorum tecta... petivere, Tac.: r. per vias [[populus]], [[nur]] [[hier]] u. da, [[nur]] wenige Menschen [[auf]] den Straßen, Tac.: [[Oceanus]] raris navibus aditur, Tac.: rara hostium apparebant [[arma]], [[nur]] [[hier]] u. da, [[nur]] einzelne Bewaffnete, Liv.: u. so apparent rari nantes, Verg.: patrum [[haud]] [[fere]] [[quisquam]] in [[foro]], in urbe rari erant, Liv. – [[maxime]] r. [[genus]] (amicorum), Cic.: [[homo]] rarissime, [[Fronto]]: optimum [[quidque]] rarissimum, Cic.: rarae tuae [[litterae]], Cic.: parvae et rarae per [[eadem]] [[tempora]] [[litterae]] (schriftl. Nachrichten), Liv.: ([[decemviri]]) rari [[aditus]] (Genet.), [[selten]] [[zugänglich]], Liv.: [[raro]] [[balneo]], rarissimā venere [[uti]], Cels.: ([[concubitus]]) [[rarus]] [[corpus]] excitat, [[frequens]] solvit, Cels.: [[vitio]] parentum rara [[iuventus]], gelichtete [[Jugend]], Hor. – rarum est, ut etc., es ist [[etwas]] Seltenes, eine [[Seltenheit]], es geschieht [[selten]], daß usw., Quint. 3, 10, 3; 6, 3, 38; 10, 7, 24. Spart. Pesc. 1, 11. Vopisc. Aurel. 31, 1. – m. folg. 2. Supin., [[calculus]] [[rarus]] inventu, [[selten]] zu [[finden]], Plin.: [[helxine]] rara visu est [[neque]] in omnibus terris, Plin.: rarum dictu, [[esse]] [[aliquid]], [[cui]] prosit [[neglegentia]], Plin. – neutr. pl. subst., rara (anteponantur) vulgaribus, Cic. top. 69. – b) [[von]] dem, der [[selten]] [[etwas]] tut, [[selten]], [[nec]] Iliacos [[coetus]] [[nisi]] [[rarus]] adibat, Ov.: [[rarus]] reperiebatur, [[rarus]] fuit, [[qui]] etc., [[selten]] [[einer]], der usw., Quint.: antiquis scriptoribus [[rarus]] [[obtrectator]], Tac.: [[Caesar]] [[rarus]] egressu, [[selten]] ausausgehend, Tac. (Ggstz. [[creber]] egressu, Pacat. pan.): leones rari in potu, Plin.: rariores in eorum officiis sunt, quibus vitam [[aut]] dignitatem debent, [[sie]] [[warten]] [[ziemlich]] [[selten]] denen [[auf]], denen usw., Sen.: [[Homerus]] [[alias]] [[circa]] picturas pigmentaque [[rarus]], d.i. der [[davon]] [[selten]] spricht, Plin. – 2) insbes., [[selten]] in seiner [[Art]] ([[bes]]. [[von]] seltener [[Schönheit]]), [[ungewöhnlich]], [[vortrefflich]], [[puella]], Prop.: rarā [[quidem]] facie, [[sed]] rarior [[arte]] canendi, Ov.: [[leo]] rarae magnitudinis, Curt.: r. [[vestis]], Catull.: [[avis]] (v. [[Pfau]]), Hor.: [[Lysimachus]] [[frater]] indolis rarae, Curt.: [[artis]] [[opus]] rarae, Tibull.: [[quercus]] patulis rarissima ramis, Ov.: [[uxor]] rarissimi exempli, musterhafte, Ps. Quint. decl. – im üblen Sinne, fuit libidinis rarae, Vopisc. Aurel. 6, 1.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=rarus, a, um. ''adj''. ''c''. ''s''. :: 稀疎。鮮。稀罕。非常。出等者。 — in potu 少飲者。Facie rarus 非常之美容。Aer — factus 氣變疎。Rarum dictu 人罕言者。Rara vestigia 難見之踪跡。
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{{trml
|trtx=Albanian: rrallë; Arabic: نَادِر‎; Egyptian Arabic: نادر‎; South Levantine Arabic: نادر‎; Asturian: raru; Azerbaijani: nadir; Bashkir: һирәк; Belarusian: рэ́дкі; Bulgarian: рядък, необикновен; Catalan: rar; Chinese Mandarin: 稀少, 稀疏, 稀有, 罕見, 罕见; Czech: vzácný, řídký; Danish: sjælden; Dutch: [[zeldzaam]]; Esperanto: malofta, rara; Estonian: haruldane, erakordne; Faroese: sjáldsamur, rárur; Finnish: harvinainen; French: [[rare]], [[peu commun]]; Friulian: râr; Galician: raro; German: [[selten]], [[rar]]; Greek: [[σπάνιος]]; Ancient Greek: [[σπάνιος]]; Hebrew: נדיר‎; Hindi: दुर्लभ, नायाब, नादिर, कमयाब, अप्राप्य; Hungarian: ritka; Ido: rara; Indonesian: jarang, langka; Irish: annamh; Italian: [[raro]]; Japanese: 珍しい, 稀な; Korean: 드물다, 희귀(稀貴)하다; Kurdish Central Kurdish: نایاب‎; Latin: [[rarus]]; Latvian: rets; Lithuanian: retas; Macedonian: редок; Malay: jarang, nadir; Maori: onge, ongeonge, mokomokorea, mokorea, mōmōhanga; Navajo: bídin hóyééʼ; Norman: rare; Norwegian: skjelden; Occitan: requist, rar, rare, escàs, arrarit; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: рѣдъкъ; Old English: selden, seldlic; Persian: کمیاب‎, نایاب‎, شاذ‎; Polish: rzadki; Portuguese: [[raro]]; Romanian: rar; Romansch: rar, rer; Russian: [[редкий]]; Sanskrit: विरल, दुर्लभ; Sardinian: raru; Scottish Gaelic: gann, ainneamh; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: редак, риједак; Roman: rédak, rijédak; Sicilian: raru; Slovak: riedky; Slovene: rédek; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: rědki; Spanish: [[escaso]], [[raro]]; Swedish: sällsynt, ovanlig; Tagalog: bihira; Telugu: అరుదు, దుర్లభము; Turkish: nadir, ender, nadide; Ukrainian: рідкий, рі́дкісний; Venetian: raro; Vietnamese: hiếm; Welsh: prin; Zazaki: nadir
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