āgrārĭus (ăg-), 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.