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prātum , i, n. (collat. form prātus , m., Gromat. Vet. p. 322, 5) [root prat-; Sanscr. prath, to spread out; cf. Gr. πλατύς, πλάτανος],
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.—
B. A broad field, plain; poet., of the sea: “rostro Neptunia prata secare,” Cic. Arat. 129.
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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    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 3.1.2
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 3.2
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 18.20
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 16
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.17.1
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