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Aratus meaning

  1. A healer and a son of Asclepius and his lover, Aristodama, and the paternal halfbrother of Aceso, Aglaea, Hygieia, Iaso, Meditrina, Panacea, Machaon, Podaleirios, Telesphoros.
  2. An ancient Greek didactic poet.

Using Aratus

  • The main meaning on this page is: A healer and a son of Asclepius and his lover, Aristodama, and the paternal halfbrother of Aceso, Aglaea, Hygieia, Iaso, Meditrina, Panacea, Machaon, Podaleirios, Telesphoros. | An ancient Greek didactic poet.
  • In the example corpus, aratus often appears in combinations such as: of aratus.

Context around Aratus

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

poet 1×

Often after:

describes 1× wrote 1× phaenomena 1×

Sentence patterns with Aratus

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

aratus describes ophiuchus 1× didactic poet aratus wrote of 1× eudoxus and aratus 1× introduction to aratus 4 belief 1× life of aratus of sicyon 1× ovid of aratus phaenomena although 1× poem by aratus was preserved 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although he wrote 1× aratus describes ophiuchus 1× berlin london lit 1× gur was one 1× hipparchus s only 1× tacitus dial orat 1×

Common sentence endings:

5th century bc 1× by later copyists 1× crowns στεφάνοι stephanoi 1× daiphantus were lost 1× eudoxus and aratus 1× s other works 1×

Words around Aratus

Just before it in the word index:

arats 2 arati 3 aratana 2 arataki 2 arata 13 arat 5

Just after it in the word index:

arau 5 arauca 4 araucana 2 araucanian 2 araucanians 5 arauco 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Aratus

  • In this selection, "aratus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, poet, describes, wrote and phaenomena stand out and add context to how "aratus" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include aratus describes ophiuchus and didactic poet aratus wrote of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "aratus" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with aratus

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Aratus describes Ophiuchus as trampling on Scorpius with his feet. (10 words)

Hipparchus's only preserved work is Τῶν Ἀράτου καὶ Εὐδόξου φαινομένων ἐξήγησις ("Commentary on the Phaenomena of Eudoxus and Aratus"). (20 words)

Xenophanes DK 21B28, quoted in Achilles, Introduction to Aratus 4 Belief in a flat Earth continued into the 5th century BC. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

Berlin London: LIT, p.13 Therefore, they do not form a part of the Plutarchian canon of single biographies – as represented by the Life of Aratus of Sicyon and the Life of Artaxerxes II (the biographies of Hesiod, Pindar, Crates and Daiphantus were lost). (44 words)

GUR was one of the fifteen "stars of Ea ".sfn In the 3rd century BC, the Greek didactic poet Aratus wrote of, but did not name the constellation,sfn instead calling the two crowns Στεφάνοι (Stephanoi). (36 words)

Tacitus, Dial. Orat. 12. Lactantius quotes from a lost translation by Ovid of Aratus ' Phaenomena, although the poem's ascription to Ovid is insecure because it is never mentioned in Ovid's other works. (34 words)

Example sentences (7)

Although he wrote at least fourteen books, only his commentary on the popular astronomical poem by Aratus was preserved by later copyists.

Aratus describes Ophiuchus as trampling on Scorpius with his feet.

Berlin London: LIT, p.13 Therefore, they do not form a part of the Plutarchian canon of single biographies – as represented by the Life of Aratus of Sicyon and the Life of Artaxerxes II (the biographies of Hesiod, Pindar, Crates and Daiphantus were lost).

GUR was one of the fifteen "stars of Ea ".sfn In the 3rd century BC, the Greek didactic poet Aratus wrote of, but did not name the constellation,sfn instead calling the two crowns Στεφάνοι (Stephanoi).

Hipparchus's only preserved work is Τῶν Ἀράτου καὶ Εὐδόξου φαινομένων ἐξήγησις ("Commentary on the Phaenomena of Eudoxus and Aratus").

Tacitus, Dial. Orat. 12. Lactantius quotes from a lost translation by Ovid of Aratus ' Phaenomena, although the poem's ascription to Ovid is insecure because it is never mentioned in Ovid's other works.

Xenophanes DK 21B28, quoted in Achilles, Introduction to Aratus 4 Belief in a flat Earth continued into the 5th century BC.

Common combinations with aratus

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • of aratus 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "aratus" in a sentence?
An example: "Although he wrote at least fourteen books, only his commentary on the popular astronomical poem by Aratus was preserved by later copyists." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "aratus" from authentic English texts.
What does "aratus" mean?
Aratus means: A healer and a son of Asclepius and his lover, Aristodama, and the paternal halfbrother of Aceso, Aglaea, Hygieia, Iaso, Meditrina, Panacea, Machaon, Podaleirios, Telesphoros.
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