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Vari

Vari is a Latin form of varius, meaning “varied, various”. It is the genitive singular masculine adjective or genitive singular neuter adjective.

It can also be a form of Varus, “Varus, Roman family name (esp. P. Quinctilius Varus, defeated in Germany 9 AD); (adj.) bow-legged”.

Found 30 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 2.23: Eisdem temporibus C. Curio in Africam profectus ex Sicilia et iam ab initio copias P. Attii Vari despiciens duas legiones ex mi, quas a Caesare acceperat, D equites transportabat biduoque et noctibus tribus …

Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 7.5.5: … meus occupauit. Blandi. Quam difficile est filio patrem uulnerare et quam facile priuigno nouercam occidere! VARI GEMINI. “Patrem, inquit, occidisti.”

All forms of varius (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.