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varias

varias is a Latin form of varius, meaning “varied, various”. It is the accusative plural feminine adjective.

It can also be a form of vario, “vary, change; (varius) varied, different”.

Found 122 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.2.156: … o et certissimo, tum etiam propter eloquentiam legatus a suis civibus electus est, ut posset multas istius et varias iniurias quam apertissime vobis planissimeque explicare. dixerunt Halaesini, Catinenses, Tyndaritani, Hennens …

Pliny the Younger, Epistulae 4.9.2: Titum timuit ut Domitiani amicus, a Domitiano relegatus est; revocatus a Nerva sortitusque Bithyniam rediit reus, accusatus non minus acriter quam fideliter defensus. Varias sententias habuit, plures tamen quasi mitiores.

Apuleius, Apologia 14: … m semper contemplantibus aequaeua est ab ineunte pueritia ad obeuntem senectam, tot aetatis uices induit, tam uarias habitudines corporis participat, tot uultus eiusdem laetantis uel dolentis imitatur. enimuero quod luto fictu …

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.