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arcus

American

[ahr-kuhs] / ˈɑr kəs /

noun

Meteorology.

a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

arcus

plural

Etymology

Origin of arcus

< Latin: bow, arch

Example Sentences

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But the jussive petatur could be continuing from ite in the first line; compare Statius Sil IV iv 4-5 'atque ubi Romuleas uelox penetraueris arces, / continuo dextras flaui pete Thybridis oras'.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear

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