Explore Varro through 10+ example sentences from English and related words like scholar or bookman. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Using Varro
- Useful related words include: marcus terentius varro, scholar, scholarly person, bookman.
- In the example corpus, varro often appears in combinations such as: varro was, and varro, varro or.
Context around Varro
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 6 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Varro
- In this selection, "varro" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, specit, terentius, quotes, lingua, 753 and mirhady stand out and add context to how "varro" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include augustine quotes varro who explains and augustus and varro or less. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "varro" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with varro
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Varro was acquainted with the libri pontificum ("books of the Pontiffs ") and their archaic classifications. (15 words)
After his dictatorship Shortly after Fabius had laid down his dictatorship, Gaius Terentius Varro was elected as a Consul. (19 words)
In a letter to Varro on c. April 20, 46 BC, Cicero outlined his strategy under Caesar's dictatorship. (19 words)
Varro may have used the consular list with its mistakes, and called the year of the first consuls "245 ab urbe condita", accepting the 244-year interval from Dionysius of Halicarnassus for the kings after the foundation of Rome. (39 words)
Varro insists that the day was sacred to Jupiter, whose control of the weather governed the ripening of the grapes; but the sacrificial victim, a female lamb (agna), may be evidence that it once belonged to Venus alone. (38 words)
Genius main Augustine quotes Varro who explains the genius as "the god who is in charge and has the power to generate everything" and "the rational spirit of all (therefore, everyone has their own)". (34 words)
Example sentences (18)
In Varro's words "Agere augurium, aves specit", Varro Lingua Latina VI 83. "to conduct the augurium, he observed the birds".
Varro's rashness did not surprise Fabius, but when Fabius learned of the size of the army (eighty-eight thousand soldiers) that Varro had raised, he became quite concerned.
After his dictatorship Shortly after Fabius had laid down his dictatorship, Gaius Terentius Varro was elected as a Consul.
At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Varro (or, less frequently, year 731 Ab urbe condita ).
At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cethegus and Varro (or, less frequently, year 777 Ab urbe condita ).
Cicero Pro Plancio 23; Varro LL VI 25; Pliny NH III 69. Other games were held in every participant borough.
Cicero, Tusculanae Quaestiones, i. 18, de Officiis, ii. 5; Varro, de Re Rust. i. 2. His work is known only from the many fragmentary quotations of later writers.
Genius main Augustine quotes Varro who explains the genius as "the god who is in charge and has the power to generate everything" and "the rational spirit of all (therefore, everyone has their own)".
Hannibal capitalized on Varro's eagerness and drew him into a trap by using an envelopment tactic that eliminated the Roman numerical advantage by shrinking the surface area where combat could occur.
In a letter to Varro on c. April 20, 46 BC, Cicero outlined his strategy under Caesar's dictatorship.
The date most widely used today is that calculated by Varro, 753 BC, but other systems varied by up to several decades.
The most famous passages are those cited by Varro Mirhady 55 and Porphyry Mirhady 56A which suggest a dualistic view of progress.
Varro, De lingua latina vii. 36. Faunus revealed the future in dreams and voices that were communicated to those who came to sleep in his precincts, lying on the fleeces of sacrificed lambs.
Varro insists that the day was sacred to Jupiter, whose control of the weather governed the ripening of the grapes; but the sacrificial victim, a female lamb (agna), may be evidence that it once belonged to Venus alone.
Varro L. Lat. 7, 8–10 The auspicia were divided into two categories: requested by man (impetrativa) and offered spontaneously by the gods (oblativa).
Varro may have used the consular list with its mistakes, and called the year of the first consuls "245 ab urbe condita", accepting the 244-year interval from Dionysius of Halicarnassus for the kings after the foundation of Rome.
Varro used it in 37 BC to fix calendar dates for the start of the four seasons, which would have been impossible only 8 years earlier.
Varro was acquainted with the libri pontificum ("books of the Pontiffs ") and their archaic classifications.
Common combinations with varro
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- varro was 2×
- and varro 2×
- varro or 2×
- varro de 2×
- by varro 2×