artus

See also: Artus

Latin

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥tós (“fitted”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join, fit (together)”). Cognates include Sanskrit ऋत (ṛtá, “order; right, etc.”) and Avestan 𐬀𐬴𐬀 (aṣ̌a, “truth”).

Alternative forms

• arctus (erroneous)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈar.tus/, [ˈärt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.tus/, [ˈärt̪us]

Adjective

1. narrow, close, fitted, confined, dense
2. (figuratively) severe, strict, scanty, brief

Declension

• comparative: artior, superlative: artissimus

Synonyms

• (narrow): angustus

Derived terms

• artē
• artiō
• artō
• artum

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥tús (“that which is fit together; juncture, ordering”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join, fit (together)”). Cognates include Sanskrit ऋतु (ṛtú, “right time, order, rule”), Ancient Greek and Old Armenian արդ (ard, “ornament, shape”). From the same root also ars, artis (“art”) and arma (“armor”).

Noun

1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) a joint
2. (figuratively) sinew, strength, power
3. (poetic) the limbs

Declension

Fourth-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -ubus).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	artus	artūs
Genitive	artūs	artuum
Dative	artuī	artubus
Accusative	artum	artūs
Ablative	artū	artubus
Vocative	artus	artūs

Derived terms

• articulāris
• articulārius
• articulātē

• articulātim
• articulātiō
• articulātus

• articulō
• articulōsus
• articulus

Related terms

• arma
• armus
• arthrītis

References

• “artus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “artus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• artus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• artus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to tremble in every limb: omnibus artubus contremiscere
    
  • to fall fast asleep: artus somnus aliquem complectitur (Rep. 6. 10)
    
  • (ambiguous) to sleep soundly (from fatigue): arte, graviter dormire (ex lassitudine)
    
  • (ambiguous) theoretical, speculative philosophy: philosophia, quae in rerum contemplatione versatur, or quae artis praeceptis continetur
    
  • (ambiguous) to have been reduced to a system: arte conclusum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be very intimately related: arte (artissime) coniunctum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) a work of art: artis opus; opus arte factum or perfectum
    
  • (ambiguous) the rules of art; aesthetics: artis praecepta, or also simply ars
    
  • (ambiguous) a connoisseur; a specialist: (artis, artium) intellegens, peritus (opp. idiota, a layman)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be very eloquent: dicendi arte florere
    
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Latvian

Participle

artus

1. (deprecated template usage) accusative plural masculine form of arts