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Varro

American  
[var-oh] / ˈvær oʊ /

noun

  1. Marcus Terentius c116–27? b.c., Roman scholar and author.


Varro British  
/ ˈværəʊ /

noun

  1. Marcus Terentius (ˈmɑːkəs təˈrɛntɪəs). 116–27 bc , Roman scholar and satirist

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Celebrities attended the service, but their presence did little to change attitudes, said Szilvia Varro, an activist who helped organise the funeral.

From Reuters Aug. 6, 2013

Celebrities attended the service, but their presence did little to change attitudes, said Szilvia Varro, an activist who helped organize the funeral.

From Reuters Aug. 6, 2013

Ex-Senator Varro, once of Rome, had thought it best to exile himself in Syria after the death of his friend and protector, the Emperor Nero.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It is just the reverse of everything we believe according to the basic principles of physiology," declares Professor Varro Tyler of Purdue University, an expert on herbal remedies.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had at hand many writers upon husbandry whom he could follow,—in fact, there are more than fifty Greek authors whom Marcus Varro enumerates, and more than ten Latin ones, whom Columella himself mentions.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

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