rārus adj.
with comp. and sup, of loose
texture, thin, rare, not thick: (terra) opp. densa, V.:
retia, with large meshes, V.: tunica, O.: rariores silvae, thinner,
Ta.—With large intervals, far apart, here and there, scattered, thin, scanty:
vides habitari in terrā raris et angustis in
locis, scattered: Apparent rari nantes, V.: frutices in vertice, O.: umbra, V.:
arbores, N.: Manat rara meas lacrima
per genas, drop by drop, H.—Of soldiers, in open order, far
apart, scattered, dispersed, straggling, single: ut numquam conferti,
sed rari magnisque intervallis proeliarentur, Cs.: rari
in confertos inlati, L.: ordines, L.:
rarior acies, Cu.—Infrequent, scarce, sparse,
few, rare: in omni arte, optimum quidque rarissimum: raris ac prope
nullis portibus, Cs.: Oceanus raris ab orbe nostro
navibus aditur, Ta.: rara hostium apparebant
arma, L.: vitio parentum Rara iuventus, H.:
rarus adibat (i. e. raro),
O.—Plur n. as subst: rara
(anteponantur) volgaribus.—Uncommon, scarce, rare,
extraordinary, remarkable: Rara quidem facie, sed rarior arte
canendi, O.: avis (sc. pavo), H.: rarissima turba, O.
