The corpus record — Latin

Carrae

Carrae · f

a city of Mesopotamia

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Where it lives

Antoninus Caracallus 2 · 9.79/10k
Gallieni Duo 2 · 5.44/10k
Gordiani Tres 2 · 3.6/10k
Carmina 3 · 1.34/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 2 · 0.76/10k
Res Gestae 3 · 0.24/10k
Pharsalia 1 · 0.2/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

Carrae — Lewis & Short

Carrae or Carrhae, ārum, f.,

I a city of Mesopotamia, the Charan or Haran of the Scriptures (Gen. 11, 31), where Crassus was defeated by the Parthians, Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 86; Val. Max. 1, 6, 11; Luc. 1, 105; Flor. 3, 11, 8; Spart. Carac. 6, 6.

In the wild

Carrhas Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 9.22
Carrhas Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 9.251
Carrhas Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1.46.11.8
Carrhas Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.24.p2
Carrhas Historia Augusta, Gallieni Duo 10
Carrhas Historia Augusta, Antoninus Caracallus 7

6 of 17 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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