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a suffix occurring in scientific terms: Polaris.

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Origin of -aris

<Latin -āris;see -ar¹

Words nearby -aris

ariose, arioso, Ariosto, Ariovistus, aripiprazole, -aris, arise, arista, Aristaeus, aristarch, Aristarchus

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How to use -aris in a sentence

Ruiz and Aris Maldonado, an alleged accomplice, were arrested on Tuesday.
The Shocking Death of Miss Honduras|Romina Ruiz-Goiriena|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He entered into it because, he said, former differences should be forgotten when the struggle was pro aris et focis.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt
Rasdorfer evidently alludes to what Pliny says of a kind of vine termed Aspendios: E diverso aspendios, damnata aris.
History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV|J. H. Merle D'Aubign
Hannibal, Hamilcaris filius, novem annos natus, a patre aris admotus odium in Romanos perenne iuravit.
Selections from Viri Romae|Charles Franois L'Homond

This was I think in the mind of Cicero when he said "in aris et focis est Republica."
Memoir of John Howe Peyton|Various
Ab'aris, to whom Apollo gave a golden arrow, on which to ride through the air.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.