A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Arena,-ae (s.f.I): sand(s); sandy place, sandy desert; sandbar; beach, coast, shore; (classically harena,-ae(s.f.I); syn. sabulum,-i (s.n.II), q.v., glarea,-ae (s.f.I), q.v., saburra,-ae (s.f.I), q.v. [> L. harena,-ae (s.f.I) ([classically] ‘better than arena,-ae (s.f.I)” (Lewis & Short), sand; sands, a sandy place; a sandy desert waste; the shore of the sea, the beach, coast, strand; the place of combat, scene or theater of any contest (as of war, a single battle, a dispute, etc.)” (Lewis & Short)]; see shore; see grave;

- [Saccharum cylindricum] arenas mobiles coercet (Desf.), it holds together shifting sands.

- in desertis salsis Sibiriae, in arena mobili Tauriae (DeCandolle), in the salt deserts of Sibiria, in the shifting sand [desert] of Tauria [Taurasia].

- arena (-ae, s.f.I) urens, abl. sg. arena urente: lava, 'burning sand.'

- arenae grano simillima, most similar to a grain of sand.

- [moss] in arena secus rivulum sub Salice Lapponum copiosissime legit W. P. Schimper (C. Mueller), W. P. Schimper copiously collected it in sand along a brooklet under Salix Lapponum.

- supra terram inter Dicrana et Endocarpon hepaticum in ericetis (arena calce inspersa) sylvae Fontainebleau regionis parisiensis, in Gallia (Nyl.), on the ground among Dicranum and the hepatic Endocarpon in the heathlands (on sand interspersed with limestone) of the forest of Fontainebleau of the region of Paris.

- [Conferva marina pennata; alga] lapillis adnascitur in marinis littoribus, quoquoversus expansa, limo arenaque, interstitia ejus replentibus, plerumque gravida (Dill.), it grows on small stones on sea shores, spread out in all directions, on mud and sand, filling the interstices [i.e. spaces] of it, on mud and sand.

- [Diatom] ad arenam fundi submersa, ubi aqua calida defluit ex "Hospitals Brunnen" ad Carlsbad (Agardh), submersed on the sand of the basin, where the hot water flows out from the "Hospitals Brunnen" at Carlsbad.

- [Diatom] stratum luteo-fuscum, supra arenam expansum, parum mucosum (Agardh), the yellow-blackish-brown layer, expanded upon the sand, somewhat mucose [i.e. slimy].

- [Diatom] stratum luteo-fuscum, parum mucosum, ipsi arenae incumbens (Agardh), the yellow-blackish- brown layer, somewhat mucose [i.e. slimy], laying upon the very sand.

- in parte autem meridionali, trans Atlantem sita, summe arenosa et rarissime imbribus irrigata, aestate coelum ardens et torridum. Domos incolae desertunt et sub umbra Palmetorum vivunt. In tam dira regione nonnisi de nocte suscipiuntur itinera; saepe arenarum inflammatarum nimbi elevantur qui viatores subito gradum sistere cogunt, iique suffocari aut etiam arenis circa tentoria in tumulum elevatis sepeliri summo in periculo versantur, si intra breve temporis intervallum venti non remittant (Desf.), however, in the southern part, situated across the Atlas Mts., it is extremely sandy and most rarely watered by the rains, in summer the heavens [i.e. the weather] burns fiercely and is parched. The inhabitants abandon their houses and live under the shade of Palm groves. In so dreadful a region journeys are only undertaken during the night; often clouds of flaming sands are upraised, which abruptly compels travellers to arrest their steps [i.e. progress] and they are situated in the greatest danger to be suffocated or even buried by sand raised up into a mound around their tents, if the winds within a short interval [i.e. period] of time do not abate.

(plural) arenae,-arum (pl.f.I) =‘desert, wasteland;’ also extensive sandy shorelines; see desert;

- [Savignya aegyptiaca] in AEgypti arenis circa pyramides Saqqarah (DeCandolle), in the desert [i.e. sands] of Egypt around the pyramids at Saqqarah. ].

- Habitat in arenis (Desf.), it lives in the desert [i.e. in the sands].

- Habitat prope La Calle in areniis humidis (Desf.), it [grows] near La Calle in moist desert.

- Habitat Algeria in arenis (Desf.), it [dwells] in Algeria in the desert.

- Habitat in arenis ad maris littora (Desf.), it dwells in the desert on the shores of the sea.

- Habitat ad maris littora in arenis (Desf.), it grows on the shores of the sea on the sands.

- Habitat in arenis deserti et ad maris littora (Desf.), it grows in the sands of the desert and on the shores of the sea.

- denso caespite crescit in arenis (Desf.), it grows [i.e. increases] in the desert in a dense clump.

- habitat in collibus arenosis et incultis (Desf.), it grows on sandy hills and wastelands [i.e. uncultivated ground].

Arenula,-ae (s.f.I): fine sand, a grain of sand (Lewis & Short) [> L. dim. of arena,-ae (s.f.I), sand].

Sabulo,-onis (s.f.III), q.v., abl. sg. sabulone; also sabulum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. sabulo, coarse sand; syn. arena,-ae (s.f.I).