Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

I.the country (opp. to the city), lands, fields; a country-seat, farm, estate, etc. (cf.: “fundus, praedia): pascua reddere rura,” Lucr. 5, 1248; cf.: “laudato ingentia rura, Exiguum colito,” Verg. G. 2, 412: “aspera dumis Rura,” id. A. 4, 527: “paterna rura bobus exercet suis,” Hor. Epod. 2, 3: “obsita pomis Rura,” Ov. M. 13, 720: “coli rura ab ergastulis pessimum est,” Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 36: “habet animi causā rus amoenum et suburbanum,” a country-seat, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133; cf.: “rus urbanum,” Just. 31, 2, 3: “urbe relictā rura peragrantes saepe soli sumus,” Cic. Off. 3, 1, 1: “rure frui,” Ov. P. 1, 8, 40.— Acc.: “rus, in answer to the question whither? quom rus homines eunt,” to their country - seats, Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 10: “rus ibo,” Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 107; 2, 1, 10: “rure redire,” from the farm, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 25; 4, 3, 6; 5, 18; 21; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 63; 5, 4, 45 et saep.; so, “rure venire,” Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 26: “rure huc advenit,” Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 115: “adveniens mater rure,” Plaut. Merc. 4, 5, 25; “for which, less freq.: ruri redire, venire, etc.,” id. Truc. 3, 2, 1; 25; id. Most. 5, 1, 28: “plus plaustrorum in aedibus Videas, quam ruri,” in the country, id. Aul. 3, 5, 32: “si illi sunt virgae ruri, at mihi tergum domi'st,” id. Bacch. 2, 3, 131; so, “ruri (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 400),” id. Capt. 1, 1, 16; id. Cas. 1, 1, 38; 41; 2, 6, 68; 4, 2, 2; id. Cist. 2, 1, 14; id. Most. 1, 1, 4; 7; 18 et saep.; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 20; 1, 2, 15; 3, 3, 47 al.; Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112; Brut. ap. Cic. Clu. 51, 141; “less freq.: rure esse, etc.,” Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 29; id. Cas. 1, 1, 17; 22; Titin. ap. Charis. p. 115 P.: “mori rure,” Liv. 38, 53; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 1; 14, 10; Ov. A. A. 2, 229.—With an adj.: “rure paterno,” Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 60: “rure suo,” Ov. F. 6, 671; cf.: “ex meo propinquo rure hoc capio commodi,” Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 1.