agrarius

ā̆grārĭus, a, um, adj. [ager], of or pertaining to land; hence,

I.

Adj.:

cum operario agrario,

Vulg. Eccli. 37, 13.—But in class. Lat. a legal term: Agrariae leges, agrarian laws, relating to the division of public lands among the poorer citizens, first proposed about 268 A. U. C., Liv. 2, 41; 4. 36; 48; 6, 11; Tac. A. 4, 32 al.; v. Smith's Dict. Antiq., and cf. Nieb. Rom. Hist. 2, 188; 197; 482; 490 al.;

with particular appellations from their authors, Flaminii, Sempronia, Thoria, Rulli, Flavii, Philippi, Plotia, Caesaris Julia, etc.—Hence, agrariam rem tentare,

to urge a division of public lands, Cic. Off. 2, 22, 78:

Triumvir agrarius,

superintendent of the division of public lands, Liv. 27, 21:

agrariae stationes, in milit. lang.,

outposts, Amm. 14, 3; Veg. Mil. 1, 3.—In the Pandects:

agraria via,

a way through the fields, private way, Dig. 43, 8, 2.—

II.

Subst.: ā̆grārĭi, ōrum, m., those who urged the agrarian laws, and sought the possession of public land, the partisans of the agrarian laws:

Gracchus, qui agrarios concitare conatus est,

Cic. Cat. 4, 2; id. Phil. 7, 6; Liv. 3, 1.