raritas
κεῖται μὲν γαίῃ φθίμενον δέμας, ἡ δὲ δοθεῖσα ψυχή μοι ναίει δώματ' ἐπουράνια → my body lies mouldering in the ground, but the soul entrusted to me dwells in heavenly abodes
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rārĭtas: ātis, f. id.,
I the state of being loose or not dense, looseness of texture, distance apart (good prose).
I Lit.: in pulmonibus inest raritas quaedam et assimilis spongiis mollitudo ad hauriendum spiritum aptissima, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136: dentium, Quint. 11, 3, 55: (asini) nec pontes transeunt, per raritatem eorum translucentibus fluviis, Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169.—In plur.: foraminum raritates, Vitr. 2, 5: venarum, id. 8, 3.—
II Transf., small number, fewness, rarity: capillorum, thinness, Suet. Oth. 12; cf. superciliorum, Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163: stellarum (opp. multitudo), id. 2, 18, 16, § 80: remanentium (hominum), Suet. Aug. 43: exemplorum, Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 58; cf. Cels. 7, 14: raritas dictorum distinguet oratorem a scurrā, Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 247; cf. figurarum, Quint. 9, 3, 27: lavandi, Suet. Aug. 82: in raritate videre, Lampr. Elag. 28. —
b Concr., a rarity: Alexandro equi magna raritas contigit, Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154.— In plur.: raritates, Gell. 3, 16, 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rārĭtās,¹³ ātis, f. (rarus),
1 porosité : Cic. Nat. 2, 136 || fait d’avoir des fentes : Plin. 8, 169 || raritates Vitr. Arch. 2, 5, cavités
2 rareté, faible nombre : Cic. de Or. 2, 247 ; Plin. 28, 163 ; lavandi Suet. Aug. 82, rareté des bains || rareté, caractère exceptionnel : Plin. 8, 154 ; raritates Gell. 3, 16, 9, des raretés.
Latin > German (Georges)
rāritās, ātis, f. (rarus), I) die Lockerheit, Porosität, Weitläufigkeit, Weite (Ggstz. densitas), terrae, Sen.: dentium, Quint.: pontium, Plin.: carbonum, Vitr.: viarum (im Körper), Cael. Aur.: in pulmonibus inest raritas quaedam, Cic. – Plur., raritates foraminum, Vitr.: per has raritates (leeren Räume) spiritus fertur, Sen. – II) übtr., die geringe Anzahl, Wenigkeit, Seltenheit der Zahl u. Zeit nach (Ggstz. multitudo), a) abstr.: stellarum, Plin.: capillorum, Suet.: remanentium (hominum), Suet. – dictorum, Cic.: figurarum, Quint. – lavandi, das seltene Baden, Suet. – b) konkret, die Seltenheit, equi magna r., Plin. 8, 154: huiuscemodi quasi monstruosae raritates, Gell. 3, 16, 9: hae monstruosae antehac raritates, Amm. 22, 24.
Latin > Chinese
raritas, atis. f. (rare.) :: 少。無幾。— arborum 樹稀。In pulmonibus inest — quaedam 肺畧疎不稠。
