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|lshtext=<b>artus</b>: (not [[arctus]]), a, um, adj. v. [[arma]], [[prop]].<br /><b>I</b> fitted; [[hence]],<br /><b>I</b> Lit., [[close]], [[strait]], [[narrow]], confined, [[short]], [[brief]]: exierunt regionibus artis, Lucr. 6, 120: [[claustra]], id. 1, 70; so id. 3, 808: nec [[tamen]] haec ita sunt arta et astricta, ut ea laxare nequeamus, Cic. Or. 65, 220: artioribus [[apud]] populum Romanum laqueis tenebitur, id. Verr. 2, 1, 5: nullum [[vinculum]] ad astringendam fidem jure jurando majores [[artius]] esse voluerunt, id. Off. 3, 31, 111: [[compages]], Verg. A. 1, 293: [[nexus]], Ov. M. 6, 242: [[arto]] stipata theatro, pressed [[together]] in a [[contracted]] [[theatre]], Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60: [[toga]], a [[narrow]] [[toga]] [[without]] folds, id. ib. 1, 18, 30 (cf. exigua [[toga]], id. ib. 1, 19, 13): [[nimis]] arta convivia, i. e. [[with]] [[too]] [[many]] guests, [[who]] are [[therefore]] compelled to [[sit]] [[close]] [[together]], id. ib. 1, 5, 29 et saep.—Hence, subst.: artum, i, n., a [[narrow]] [[place]] or [[passage]]: [[ventus]] cum confercit, franguntur in [[arto]] montes nimborum, Lucr. 6, 158 Lachm.: multiplicatis in [[arto]] ordinibus, Liv. 2, 50; so id. 34, 15: nec desilies [[imitator]] in artum, [[nor]], by imitating, [[leap]] [[into]] a [[close]] [[place]], Hor. A. P. 134.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[strict]], [[severe]], [[scanty]], [[brief]], [[small]]: [[sponte]] suā cecidit sub leges artaque jura, subjected [[himself]] to the [[severity]] of the laws, Lucr. 5, 1147: Additae leges artae et [[ideo]] superbae quasque etc., Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 12: vincula amoris artissima, Cic. Att. 6, 2: artior [[somnus]], a sounder or deeper [[sleep]], id. Rep. 6, 10: arti [[commeatus]], Liv. 2, 34; Tac. H. 4, 26; cf.: in [[arto]] [[commeatus]], id. ib. 3, 13: artissimae [[tenebrae]], [[very]] [[thick]] [[darkness]], Suet. Ner. 46 (for [[which]], in [[class]]. Lat., [[densus]], v. Bremi ad h. l., and cf. [[densus]]) al.—So, colligere in artum, to [[compress]], [[abridge]]: quae (volumina) a me [[collecta]] in artum, Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44.—Of [[hope]], [[small]], [[scanty]]: [[spes]] artior aquae manantis, Col. 1, 5, 2: ne spem sibi ponat in [[arto]], [[diminish]] [[hope]], [[expectation]], Ov. M. 9, 683: [[quia]] [[plus]] [[quam]] unum ex patriciis creari non licebat, artior [[petitio]] [[quattuor]] petentibus erat, i. e. [[was]] harder, had [[less]] [[ground]] of [[hope]], Liv. 39, 32; and of circumstances in [[life]], etc., straitened, [[distressing]], [[wretched]], [[needy]], [[indigent]] (so in and [[after]] the Aug. per. for the [[class]]. [[angustus]]): rebus in artis, Ov. P. 3, 2, 25: artas res nuntiaret, Tac. H. 3, 69: tam artis afflictisque rebus, Flor. 2, 6, 31; so Sil. 7, 310: [[fortuna]] artior expensis, Stat. S. 5, 3, 117: ne in [[arto]] res esset, Liv. 26, 17.—Adv.: artē (not [[arcte]]), [[closely]], [[close]], [[fast]], [[firmly]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[arte]] ([[manus]]) conliga, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 29: boves [[arte]] ad stipites religare, Col. 6, 2, 5: [[arte]] continere aliquid, Caes. B. G. 7, 23: aciem [[arte]] statuere, Sall. J. 52, 6: [[arte]] accubare, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 39.—Comp.: calorem [[artius]] continere, Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25: [[artius]] astringi, Hor. Epod. 15, 5: signa [[artius]] conlocare, Sall. C. 59, 2: [[artius]] [[ire]], Curt. 4, 13, 34: [[artius]] pressiusque conflictari, Gell. 10, 6.—Sup.: milites [[quam]] artissime [[ire]] jubet, Sall. J. 68, 4: artissime plantas serere, Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.: [[arte]] contenteque aliquem habere, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63; id. Merc. prol. 64: [[arte]] et [[graviter]] dormire, [[soundly]], Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59: [[arte]] appellare aliquem, [[briefly]], by shortening his [[name]], Ov. P. 4, 12, 10: [[artius]] adstringere rationem, Cic. Fat. 14, 32: abstinentiam artissime constringere, Val. Max. 2, 2, 8.—<br /><b>III</b> Transf.: [[arte]] diligere aliquem, [[strongly]], [[deeply]], Plin. Ep. 6, 8; so also id. ib. 2, 13.<br /><b>artus</b>: ūs, m. id., [[mostly]] plur. ([[artua]], n., Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102; quoted in Non. p. 191, 12.—Hence, dat. acc. to Vel. Long. p. 2229 P. and Ter. Scaur. p. 2260 P. artibus; [[yet]] the [[ancient]] grammarians [[give]] [[their]] [[decision]] in [[favor]] of artubus, [[which]] form is also supported by the [[best]] MSS.; cf. [[arcus]].—The [[singular]] is [[found]] [[only]] in Luc. 6, 754; Val. Fl. 4, 310, and Prisc. p. 1219 P.).<br /> Lit., a [[joint]]: molles commissurae et [[artus]] (digitorum), Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150: suffraginum [[artus]], Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248: elapsi in pravum [[artus]], Tac. H. 4, 81: [[dolor]] artuum, [[gout]], Cic. Brut. 60, 217.—Sometimes [[connected]] [[with]] membra, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102: [[copia]] materiaï Cogitur [[interdum]] flecti per membra, per [[artus]], in [[every]] [[joint]] and [[limb]], Lucr. 2, 282; 3, 703 al.; Suet. Calig. 28; cf. Baumg.-Crus., Clavis ad Suet.: cernere laceros [[artus]], truncata membra, Plin. [[Pan]]. 52, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., the [[muscular]] [[strength]] in the joints; [[hence]], in gen., [[strength]], [[power]]: Ἐπιχαρμεῖον illud teneto; nervos [[atque]] [[artus]] esse sapientiae, non [[temere]] credere, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 10.—More freq.,<br /><b>II</b> The limbs in gen. ([[very]] freq., esp. in the poets; in Lucr. [[about]] [[sixty]] times): cum tremulis [[anus]] attulit artubus [[lumen]], Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 Vahl.); so Lucr. 3, 7; cf. id. 3, 488; 6, 1189: artubus omnibus contremiscam, Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121: dum nati (sc. Absyrti) dissupatos [[artus]] captaret [[parens]], vet. [[poet]]. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67: [[copia]] concita per [[artus]] Omnīs, Lucr. 2, 267: moribundi [[artus]], id. 3, 129 al.: rogumque parari Vidit et arsuros supremis ignibus [[artus]], etc., Ov. M. 2, 620 al.: salsusque per [[artus]] Sudor iit, Verg. A. 2, 173; 1, 173 al.: veste strictā et singulos [[artus]] exprimente, and showing [[each]] [[limb]], Tac. G. 17: [[artus]] in frusta concident, Vulg. Lev. 1, 6; 8, 20; ib. Job, 16, 8.—Of plants: stat per se [[vitis]] [[sine]] ullo pedamento, [[artus]] suos in se colligens, its tendrils, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13, [[where]] Jahn reads [[arcus]].
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