rare
rare
adj.
Infrequent: P. and V. σπά̆νιος (Eur. Frag.), V. σπαρνός.
Opposed to dense: P. μανός.
Choice: P. and V. ἐξαίρετος, ἔκκρῐτος ; see choice.
Singular, preeminent: P. and V. ἐκπρεπής, διαπρεπής, V. ἔξοχος.
adj.
Infrequent: P. and V. σπά̆νιος (Eur. Frag.), V. σπαρνός.
Opposed to dense: P. μανός.
Choice: P. and V. ἐξαίρετος, ἔκκρῐτος ; see choice.
Singular, preeminent: P. and V. ἐκπρεπής, διαπρεπής, V. ἔξοχος.
RARE
Of unfrequent occurrence rarus: (unusual uncommon) insolitus; insolens: (strange) mirus; novus.
Excellent select etc. conquisitus: conquisitus et electus: exquisitus: eximius: egregius: praestans: rarest conquisitissimus (☞ rarus in this sense is poetical): rare wines veterrima vina.
Of unfrequent occurrence rarus: (unusual uncommon) insolitus; insolens: (strange) mirus; novus.
Excellent select etc. conquisitus: conquisitus et electus: exquisitus: eximius: egregius: praestans: rarest conquisitissimus (☞ rarus in this sense is poetical): rare wines veterrima vina.
rare:
I. Scarce, uncommon:
1. rārus: in every art all that is best is most r., in omni arte optimum quidquid rarissimum, Cic. Fin. 2, 25, 81: r. things are preferred to common ones, ante ponuntur rara vulgaribus, id. Top. 18, 69: a r. and unusual thing, rarum et insolitum, Plin. Pan., 60: a rare bird (the peacock), rara avis, Hor. S., 2, 2, 26: also used fig. to denote anything very rare, Juv. 6, 165.
2. infrĕquens: a r. word. in. vocabulum, Gell. 2, 22.
3. ĭnūsĭtātus: v.UNUSUAL .
II. Excellent:
1. rārus (not so in best age; and chiefly poet.): she was a r. girl, r. puella fuit, Prop. 1, 17, 16: a work of r. art, artis opus rarae, Tib. 3, 4, 37.
2. exĭmius: (a woman) of r. beauty, eximiae pulcritudinis., Plin.
3. singŭlāris, egrĕgius, praestans: v.REMARKABLE , EXCELLENT .
III. Thin:
1. tĕnuis, e (fine, subtle): a r. atmosphere, t. aer, Cic. N. D. 2, 16, 42: ib. 2, 15. 42.
2. rārus (with wide interstices, not closely packed): Lucr. 2, 106: dense and r. places (Milton), *densa et rara locorum: v.THIN .
IV. Thinly scattered (Milton): rārus: r. locks of hair, r. capillus, Suet. Cal. 60.
V. Nearly raw (Dryden): succrūdus: Cat.
I. Scarce, uncommon:
1. rārus: in every art all that is best is most r., in omni arte optimum quidquid rarissimum, Cic. Fin. 2, 25, 81: r. things are preferred to common ones, ante ponuntur rara vulgaribus, id. Top. 18, 69: a r. and unusual thing, rarum et insolitum, Plin. Pan., 60: a rare bird (the peacock), rara avis, Hor. S., 2, 2, 26: also used fig. to denote anything very rare, Juv. 6, 165.
2. infrĕquens: a r. word. in. vocabulum, Gell. 2, 22.
3. ĭnūsĭtātus: v.
II. Excellent:
1. rārus (not so in best age; and chiefly poet.): she was a r. girl, r. puella fuit, Prop. 1, 17, 16: a work of r. art, artis opus rarae, Tib. 3, 4, 37.
2. exĭmius: (a woman) of r. beauty, eximiae pulcritudinis., Plin.
3. singŭlāris, egrĕgius, praestans: v.
III. Thin:
1. tĕnuis, e (fine, subtle): a r. atmosphere, t. aer, Cic. N. D. 2, 16, 42: ib. 2, 15. 42.
2. rārus (with wide interstices, not closely packed): Lucr. 2, 106: dense and r. places (Milton), *densa et rara locorum: v.
IV. Thinly scattered (Milton): rārus: r. locks of hair, r. capillus, Suet. Cal. 60.
V. Nearly raw (Dryden): succrūdus: Cat.
rarus
of loose texture, thin, rare, not thick
inusitatus
unusual, uncommon, extraordinary, very rare
rare for quinquatrus
raresco
to grow thin, become rare
of loose texture, thin, rare, not thick
inusitatus
unusual, uncommon, extraordinary, very rare
appearing fewer than 50 times
quinquatriarare for quinquatrus
raresco
to grow thin, become rare