Inherited fromProto-Italic*artos, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂r̥-tó-s(“fitted”), from the root*h₂er-(“to join, fit (together)”). Cognates includeSanskritऋत(ṛtá,“order; right, etc.”) andAvestan𐬀𐬴𐬀(aṣ̌a,“truth”).[1]
artus (femininearta,neuterartum,comparativeartior,superlativeartissimus);first/second-declension adjective
- narrow,close,fitted,confined,dense
- (figuratively)severe,strict,scanty,brief
First/second-declension adjective.
Inherited fromProto-Italic*artus, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂r-tú-s(“that which is fit together; juncture, ordering”), from the root*h₂er-(“to join, fit (together)”) (and thus ultimately from the same root as the "close" sense of Etymology 1).[2]
Cognates includeSanskritऋतु(ṛtú,“right time, order, rule”),Ancient Greekἀρτύς(artús,“arranging, arrangement”) andOld Armenianարդ(ard,“ornament, shape”).[2] From the same root alsoars, artis(“art”) andarma(“armor”).
artus m (genitiveartūs);fourth declension
- (anatomy, usually in theplural) ajoint
- (figuratively)sinew,strength,power
- (poetic) thelimbs
Fourth-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in-ubus).
- Notes: As if neuter, the plural formartua is also found.
- ^De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “artus”, inEtymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill,→ISBN,pages55-6
- ↑2.02.1De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “artus”, inEtymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill,→ISBN,pages55-6
- “artus”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “artus”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "artus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- artus inGaffiot, 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, orquae 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 orperfectum
- (ambiguous) the rules of art; aesthetics:artis praecepta, or also simplyars
- (ambiguous) a connoisseur; a specialist:(artis, artium) intellegens, peritus (opp.idiota, a layman)
- (ambiguous) to be very eloquent:dicendi arte florere
artus
- accusativepluralmasculine ofarts
