I.a meadow (class.).
I. Lit.: “pratum irriguum, aut siccum,” Cato, R. R. 8, 1: “stercorare,” id. ib. 8, 50: “irrigua facere,” id. ib. 8, 9; Varr. R. R. 2 prooem.: “pratorum viriditas,” Cic. Sen. 16, 57: “irrigare,” id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2: “cratire, secare, caedere, sicilire,” Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 258; 18, 3, 4, § 20: “cultus prati,” Col. 2, 17, 1: “siccaneum, aut riguum,” id. 2, 17, 3; Inscr. Grut. 204.—
II. Transf.
A. Meadow-grass (poet.): “condita prata in patinis proferre,” Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 22; Ov. A. A. 1, 299.—