raro / rare ?

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pmda
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raro / rare ?

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Are both 'raro' and 'rare' adverbs and do they mean the same thing?

ergo: raro / rare, rarius, rarissime

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Re: raro / rare ?

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L&S & OLD both say they can be synonyms. // proxima synonyma secundum L&S et OLD
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ... 99.04.0059

OLD:
rārō (adv.): rarely, seldom; unusually
rārē (adv.): ("not admitted as adv. by Varro in Gel.2.25.8") at wide intervals, sparsely, loosely; rarely, seldom
I'm writing in Latin hoping for correction, and not because I'm confident in how I express myself. Latinè scribo ut ab omnibus corrigar, non quod confidenter me exprimam.

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Re: raro / rare ?

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Adrianus

Thanks.

Paul

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