arandus

Latin

Etymology

Future passive participle of arō.

Participle

arandus (feminine aranda, neuter arandum); first/second-declension participle

1. which is to be ploughed, tilled, cultivated, farmed; i.e., arable
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.211–213:

     “Fēmina, quae nostrīs errāns in fīnibus urbem
     exiguam pretiō posuit, cui lītus arandum,
     cuique locī lēgēs dedimus [...].”

     “A woman, astray, who planted her little town along our shores for a price, to whom we gave arable coastland, and to whom [we gave] laws of settlement [...].”
     (A resentful King Iarbas mocks Queen Dido; the acreage she bought for Carthage may be small, sandy, and less than ideal for farming. Robert Fagles’ translation, pg. 135, conveys Iarbas’ bitterness: “We tossed her some beach to plow – on my terms [...].”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	arandus	aranda	arandum		arandī	arandae	aranda
Genitive	arandī	arandae	arandī		arandōrum	arandārum	arandōrum
Dative	arandō		arandō		arandīs
Accusative	arandum	arandam	arandum		arandōs	arandās	aranda
Ablative	arandō	arandā	arandō		arandīs
Vocative	arande	aranda	arandum		arandī	arandae	aranda