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Varro

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Var·ro  (vr), Marcus Terentius 116-27 b.c.
Roman scholar and encyclopedist who reputedly produced more than 600 volumes, covering nearly every field of knowledge.
Varro [ˈværəʊ]
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(Biographies / Varro, Marcus Terentius (116 bc-27 bc) M, Roman, MISC: scholar, WRITING: satirist) Marcus Terentius (ˈmɑːkəs təˈrɛntɪəs). 116-27 bc, Roman scholar and satirist
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Noun1.Varro - Roman scholar (116-27 BC)Varro - Roman scholar (116-27 BC)            
Marcus Terentius Varro
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Cato says that the profits of agriculture are particularly pious or just (maximeque pius quaestus), and according to Varro the old Romans "called the same earth Mother and Ceres, and thought that they who cultivated it led a pious and useful life, and that they alone were left of the race of King Saturn.
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The word is from the Latin villa which together with via, a way, or more anciently ved and vella, Varro derives from veho, to carry, because the villa is the place to and from which things are carried.
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