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ruri

ruri is a Latin form of rus, meaning “the country, farm (rus to the country; ruri in the country)”. It is the dative singular neuter noun.

Found 45 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino 39: … rfuisse. nihil autem umquam debuit. cupiditates porro quae possunt esse in eo qui, ut ipse accusator obiecit, ruri semper habitarit et in agro colendo vixerit? quae vita maxime disiuncta a cupiditate et cum officio coniuncta …

Terence, Adelphi 1.1.45: Ruri agere vitam; semper parce ac duriter

All forms of rus (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.