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ferrātus , a, um, adj. ferrum,
I.furnished, covered, or shod with iron.
I. 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.—
II. Subst.: ferrāti , ōrum, m. (sc. milites): “in fronte statuerat ferratos, in cornibus cohortes,” harnessed soldiers, cuirassiers, Tac. A. 3, 45.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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