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|lshtext=<b>artĭcŭlus</b>: i, m.<br /> [[dim]]. 2. [[artus]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[small]] [[member]] connecting [[various]] parts of the [[body]], a [[joint]], [[knot]], [[knuckle]].<br /> Lit.: nodi corporum, qui vocantur articuli, Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 217: hominis digiti articulos habent ternos, [[pollex]] binos, id. 11, 43, 99, § 244: [[summus]] caudae [[articulus]], id. 8, 41, 63, § 153 al.: crura [[sine]] nodis articulisque, Caes. B. G. 6, 27: ipso in [[articulo]], quo jungitur capiti [[cervix]], Liv. 27, 49: auxerat articulos [[macies]], i. e. had made [[more]] joints, had made the bones [[visible]], Ov. M. 8, 807: articulorum dolores habere, i. e. gouty pains, Cic. Att. 1, 5 fin.; cf. Cels. 5, 18: [[postquam]] [[illi]] justa [[cheragra]] Contudit articulos, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 16; cf. Pers. 5, 58: gladiatorem vehementis [[impetus]] excipit adversarii [[mollis]] [[articulus]], Quint. 2, 12, 2.—Hence, molli [[articulo]] tractare aliquem, to [[touch]] one [[gently]], [[softly]], Quint. 11, 2, 70.—Of plants: ineunte [[vere]] in iis (vitibus), quae relicta sunt, exsistit, [[tamquam]] ad articulos sarmentorum, ea quae [[gemma]] dicitur, Cic. Sen. 15, 53; Plin. 16, 24, 36, § 88: [[ante]] [[quam]] [[seges]] in articulum [[eat]], Col. 2, 11, 9; so Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 159. —Of mountains, a [[hill]] connecting [[several]] larger mountains: montium articuli, Plin. 37, 13, 77, § 201.—<br /> <b>B</b> With an [[extension]] of the [[idea]], a [[limb]], [[member]], in gen. (cf. 2. [[artus]]), * Lucr. 3, 697.—Hence also for a [[finger]], Prop. 2, 34, 80; so Ov. H. 10, 140; id. P. 2, 3, 18: [[quot]] [[manus]] atteruntur, ut [[unus]] niteat [[articulus]]! Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 158: ab eo [[missus]] est [[articulus]] manūs, Vulg. Dan. 5, 24: aspiciebat articulos manūs, ib. ib. 5, 5: erexit me [[super]] articulos manuum mearum, on the fingers or palms of my hands, ib. ib. 10, 10. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> Of [[discourse]], a [[member]], [[part]], [[division]]: [[articulus]] dicitur, cum singula verba intervallis distinguuntur caesā oratione, hoc [[modo]]: acrimoniā, voce, vultu adversarios perterruisti, Auct. ad Her. 4, 19: [[continuatio]] verborum soluta [[multo]] est aptior [[atque]] jucundior, si est articulis membrisque (κόμμασι καὶ κώλοις) distincta, [[quam]] si continuata ac producta, Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186: ([[genus]] orationis) fluctuans et dissolutum eo [[quod]] [[sine]] nervis et articulis fluctuat huc et [[illuc]], Auct. ad Her. 4, 11.— Hence, a [[short]] [[clause]], Dig. 36, 1, 27; also, a [[single]] [[word]], ib. 35, 1, 4: [[articulus]] Est praesentis temporis demonstrationem continet, ib. 34, 2, 35: hoc [[articulo]] Quisque omnes significantur, ib. 28, 5, 29.—In gram. the pronn. hic and [[quis]], Varr. L. L. 8, § 45 Müll.; the [[article]], Quint. 1, 4, 19.—<br /> <b>B</b> Of [[time]].<br /> <b>1</b> A [[point]] of [[time]], a [[moment]]: commoditatis omnes articulos [[scio]], Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 31.—With [[tempus]]: qui hunc in [[summas]] angustias adductum putaret, ut eum suis conditionibus in ipso [[articulo]] temporis astringeret, at the [[most]] [[critical]] [[moment]], Cic. Quinct. 5, 19: in ipsis quos dixi temporum articulis, Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 216: si de singulis articulis temporum deliberabimus, August. ap. Suet. Claud. 4; also [[without]] [[tempus]]: in ipso [[articulo]], at the [[fit]] [[moment]], at the [[nick]] of [[time]], Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 21.—With [[dies]]: in [[articulo]] diei illius [[ingressus]] est, on [[that]] [[very]] [[day]], Vulg. Gen. 7, 13.—And [[with]] res: in [[articulo]] rerum, Curt. 3, 5; also in [[articulo]], [[instantly]], [[immediately]], = [[statim]], Cod. Just. 1, 33, 3.—Hence [[with]] the [[idea]] extended,<br /> <b>2</b> A [[space]], [[division]] of [[time]]: hi cardines singulis articulis dividuntur, Plin. 18, 25, 59, § 222: [[octo]] articuli lunae, id. 18, 35, 79, § 350: [[articulus]] [[austrinus]], i. e. in [[which]] [[auster]] blows, id. 17, 2, 2, § 11.—<br /> <b>C</b> Of [[other]] [[abstract]] things, [[part]], [[division]], [[point]]: per eosdem articulos (i.e. per easdem honorum partes) et [[gradus]] producere, August. ap. Suet. Claud. 4: stationes in mediis latitudinum articulis, quae vocant ecliptica, Plin. 2, 15, 13, § 68; Dig. 1, 3, 12: ventum est [[ergo]] ad ipsum articulum causae, i. e. ventum ad rei cardinem, the [[turning]]-[[point]], Arn. 7, p. 243. | |lshtext=<b>artĭcŭlus</b>: i, m.<br /> [[dim]]. 2. [[artus]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[small]] [[member]] connecting [[various]] parts of the [[body]], a [[joint]], [[knot]], [[knuckle]].<br /> Lit.: nodi corporum, qui vocantur articuli, Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 217: hominis digiti articulos habent ternos, [[pollex]] binos, id. 11, 43, 99, § 244: [[summus]] caudae [[articulus]], id. 8, 41, 63, § 153 al.: crura [[sine]] nodis articulisque, Caes. B. G. 6, 27: ipso in [[articulo]], quo jungitur capiti [[cervix]], Liv. 27, 49: auxerat articulos [[macies]], i. e. had made [[more]] joints, had made the bones [[visible]], Ov. M. 8, 807: articulorum dolores habere, i. e. gouty pains, Cic. Att. 1, 5 fin.; cf. Cels. 5, 18: [[postquam]] [[illi]] justa [[cheragra]] Contudit articulos, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 16; cf. Pers. 5, 58: gladiatorem vehementis [[impetus]] excipit adversarii [[mollis]] [[articulus]], Quint. 2, 12, 2.—Hence, molli [[articulo]] tractare aliquem, to [[touch]] one [[gently]], [[softly]], Quint. 11, 2, 70.—Of plants: ineunte [[vere]] in iis (vitibus), quae relicta sunt, exsistit, [[tamquam]] ad articulos sarmentorum, ea quae [[gemma]] dicitur, Cic. Sen. 15, 53; Plin. 16, 24, 36, § 88: [[ante]] [[quam]] [[seges]] in articulum [[eat]], Col. 2, 11, 9; so Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 159. —Of mountains, a [[hill]] connecting [[several]] larger mountains: montium articuli, Plin. 37, 13, 77, § 201.—<br /> <b>B</b> With an [[extension]] of the [[idea]], a [[limb]], [[member]], in gen. (cf. 2. [[artus]]), * Lucr. 3, 697.—Hence also for a [[finger]], Prop. 2, 34, 80; so Ov. H. 10, 140; id. P. 2, 3, 18: [[quot]] [[manus]] atteruntur, ut [[unus]] niteat [[articulus]]! Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 158: ab eo [[missus]] est [[articulus]] manūs, Vulg. Dan. 5, 24: aspiciebat articulos manūs, ib. ib. 5, 5: erexit me [[super]] articulos manuum mearum, on the fingers or palms of my hands, ib. ib. 10, 10. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> Of [[discourse]], a [[member]], [[part]], [[division]]: [[articulus]] dicitur, cum singula verba intervallis distinguuntur caesā oratione, hoc [[modo]]: acrimoniā, voce, vultu adversarios perterruisti, Auct. ad Her. 4, 19: [[continuatio]] verborum soluta [[multo]] est aptior [[atque]] jucundior, si est articulis membrisque (κόμμασι καὶ κώλοις) distincta, [[quam]] si continuata ac producta, Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186: ([[genus]] orationis) fluctuans et dissolutum eo [[quod]] [[sine]] nervis et articulis fluctuat huc et [[illuc]], Auct. ad Her. 4, 11.— Hence, a [[short]] [[clause]], Dig. 36, 1, 27; also, a [[single]] [[word]], ib. 35, 1, 4: [[articulus]] Est praesentis temporis demonstrationem continet, ib. 34, 2, 35: hoc [[articulo]] Quisque omnes significantur, ib. 28, 5, 29.—In gram. the pronn. hic and [[quis]], Varr. L. L. 8, § 45 Müll.; the [[article]], Quint. 1, 4, 19.—<br /> <b>B</b> Of [[time]].<br /> <b>1</b> A [[point]] of [[time]], a [[moment]]: commoditatis omnes articulos [[scio]], Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 31.—With [[tempus]]: qui hunc in [[summas]] angustias adductum putaret, ut eum suis conditionibus in ipso [[articulo]] temporis astringeret, at the [[most]] [[critical]] [[moment]], Cic. Quinct. 5, 19: in ipsis quos dixi temporum articulis, Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 216: si de singulis articulis temporum deliberabimus, August. ap. Suet. Claud. 4; also [[without]] [[tempus]]: in ipso [[articulo]], at the [[fit]] [[moment]], at the [[nick]] of [[time]], Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 21.—With [[dies]]: in [[articulo]] diei illius [[ingressus]] est, on [[that]] [[very]] [[day]], Vulg. Gen. 7, 13.—And [[with]] res: in [[articulo]] rerum, Curt. 3, 5; also in [[articulo]], [[instantly]], [[immediately]], = [[statim]], Cod. Just. 1, 33, 3.—Hence [[with]] the [[idea]] extended,<br /> <b>2</b> A [[space]], [[division]] of [[time]]: hi cardines singulis articulis dividuntur, Plin. 18, 25, 59, § 222: [[octo]] articuli lunae, id. 18, 35, 79, § 350: [[articulus]] [[austrinus]], i. e. in [[which]] [[auster]] blows, id. 17, 2, 2, § 11.—<br /> <b>C</b> Of [[other]] [[abstract]] things, [[part]], [[division]], [[point]]: per eosdem articulos (i.e. per easdem honorum partes) et [[gradus]] producere, August. ap. Suet. Claud. 4: stationes in mediis latitudinum articulis, quae vocant ecliptica, Plin. 2, 15, 13, § 68; Dig. 1, 3, 12: ventum est [[ergo]] ad ipsum articulum causae, i. e. ventum ad rei cardinem, the [[turning]]-[[point]], Arn. 7, p. 243. | ||
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|georg=articulus, ī, m. (Demin. v. [[artus]]), das kleine, [[mehrere]] Glieder verbindende [[Gelenk]], der [[Knoten]], [[Knöchel]], [[Knochen]] (der [[Extremitäten]]), I) eig.: 1) an leb. [[Wesen]], articulorum dolores, [[Gelenk]]-, Glieder-, [[Gichtschmerzen]], Cic.: articulorum nodi, Gichtknoten, Plin.: articuli alarum, Flügelgelenke, Plin.: ad numerum [[articulus]] cadens, oberstes Fingergelenk, Cic.: medii articuli, die mittleren Fingergelenke, Quint.: [[articulus]], [[quo]] iungitur capiti [[cervix]], das Halsgelenk, Liv.: nodi corporum, [[qui]] vocantur articuli, Plin.: articuli elapsi in priorem partem, Verrenkungen [[nach]] [[vorn]], Cels.: hominis digiti articulos habent ternos, [[pollex]] binos, Plin.: crura [[sine]] articulis habere, Caes.: auxerat articulos [[macies]], d.i. hatte gemacht, daß [[mehr]] [[Knochen]] zum [[Vorschein]] kamen, Ov.: articulum extorquere ([[ausrenken]]), Sen.: articuli [[suis]] sedibus excidunt, Cels.: articulos reponere, Cels.: molli [[articulo]] tractare alqm (sprichw.), [[milde]] [[behandeln]], Quint. 11, 1, 70. – Plur., meton., die Glieder, [[bes]]. die [[Finger]], Lucr. 3, 695. Catull. 99, 8. Prop. 2, 34, 80. Ov. her. 10, 140; ex Pont. 2, 3, 18. – 2) an [[Pflanzen]], Bäumen, das [[Gelenk]], der [[Knoten]], sarmentorum, Cic.: [[seges]] in articulum it, Col. u. Plin. – u. montium articuli, die [[mehrere]] größere [[Berge]] verbindenden [[Hügel]], die Absätze, Plin. 37, 201. – II) übtr.: 1) v. der [[Rede]], das [[Glied]], der [[Teil]], die Abteilung, articuli membraque (κόμματα καὶ κῶλα, kleinere u. größere Satzglieder, Cic.: [[oratio]] [[sine]] nervis et articulis fluctuat [[huc]] et [[illuc]], [[ohne]] Bänder u. Gelenke, Cornif. rhet.: dah. [[ein]] kleiner Redesatz, ICt.: [[auch]] [[ein]] [[Band]] der Satzglieder, Rutil. Lup. 1, 14 u. 15: [[ein]] einzelnes [[Wort]], [[articulus]] Tum, ICt. – In der Gramm. das [[Pronomen]] [[hic]] u. [[quis]], Varr. LL. 8, 45: u. der [[Artikel]], Quint. 1, 4, 19. – 2) [[von]] der [[Zeit]], der [[Scheide]]- od. [[Wendepunkt]], der entscheidende, schicklichste [[Zeitpunkt]], [[Augenblick]], commoditatis omnes articulos [[scio]], Plaut.: si de singulis articulis temporum deliberabimus, Plin.: in ipso [[articulo]] temporis, Cic.: in ipsis quos [[dixi]] temporum articulis, Curt.: u. bl. in ipso [[articulo]], Ter.: u. in [[articulo]], [[auf]] der [[Stelle]], [[sogleich]], Cod. Iust.: in [[quo]] [[articulo]] rerum mearum, in welchem mißlichen Zeitpunkte, in [[welcher]] mißlichen [[Lage]], Curt.: in [[aspero]] ac difficili temporum [[articulo]], Val. Max. – 3) v. anderen abstrakten Dingen, der [[Abschnitt]], [[Absatz]], P unkt, per eosdem articulos et [[gradus]], [[durch]] alle kleineren u. größeren Abstufungen der Ehrenstellen, Suet.: latitudinum articuli, Plin.: [[civilis]] articuli [[umbra]], das [[Schattenbild]] eines bloßen Bruchteils der [[Politik]], Apul.: ventum est ad ipsum articulum causae, zum Hauptpunkte, Arnob.: in multis [[nostri]] iuris articulis, ICt.: [[summa]] rerum [[divisio]] in duos articulos diducitur, ICt. – / Nbf. articulum, Virg. gramm. p. 146, 24; vgl. Gloss. ›articulum, [[ἄρθρον]]‹ u. ›articula, ἄρθρα‹. | |georg=articulus, ī, m. (Demin. v. [[artus]]), das kleine, [[mehrere]] Glieder verbindende [[Gelenk]], der [[Knoten]], [[Knöchel]], [[Knochen]] (der [[Extremitäten]]), I) eig.: 1) an leb. [[Wesen]], articulorum dolores, [[Gelenk]]-, Glieder-, [[Gichtschmerzen]], Cic.: articulorum nodi, Gichtknoten, Plin.: articuli alarum, Flügelgelenke, Plin.: ad numerum [[articulus]] cadens, oberstes Fingergelenk, Cic.: medii articuli, die mittleren Fingergelenke, Quint.: [[articulus]], [[quo]] iungitur capiti [[cervix]], das Halsgelenk, Liv.: nodi corporum, [[qui]] vocantur articuli, Plin.: articuli elapsi in priorem partem, Verrenkungen [[nach]] [[vorn]], Cels.: hominis digiti articulos habent ternos, [[pollex]] binos, Plin.: crura [[sine]] articulis habere, Caes.: auxerat articulos [[macies]], d.i. hatte gemacht, daß [[mehr]] [[Knochen]] zum [[Vorschein]] kamen, Ov.: articulum extorquere ([[ausrenken]]), Sen.: articuli [[suis]] sedibus excidunt, Cels.: articulos reponere, Cels.: molli [[articulo]] tractare alqm (sprichw.), [[milde]] [[behandeln]], Quint. 11, 1, 70. – Plur., meton., die Glieder, [[bes]]. die [[Finger]], Lucr. 3, 695. Catull. 99, 8. Prop. 2, 34, 80. Ov. her. 10, 140; ex Pont. 2, 3, 18. – 2) an [[Pflanzen]], Bäumen, das [[Gelenk]], der [[Knoten]], sarmentorum, Cic.: [[seges]] in articulum it, Col. u. Plin. – u. montium articuli, die [[mehrere]] größere [[Berge]] verbindenden [[Hügel]], die Absätze, Plin. 37, 201. – II) übtr.: 1) v. der [[Rede]], das [[Glied]], der [[Teil]], die Abteilung, articuli membraque (κόμματα καὶ κῶλα, kleinere u. größere Satzglieder, Cic.: [[oratio]] [[sine]] nervis et articulis fluctuat [[huc]] et [[illuc]], [[ohne]] Bänder u. Gelenke, Cornif. rhet.: dah. [[ein]] kleiner Redesatz, ICt.: [[auch]] [[ein]] [[Band]] der Satzglieder, Rutil. Lup. 1, 14 u. 15: [[ein]] einzelnes [[Wort]], [[articulus]] Tum, ICt. – In der Gramm. das [[Pronomen]] [[hic]] u. [[quis]], Varr. LL. 8, 45: u. der [[Artikel]], Quint. 1, 4, 19. – 2) [[von]] der [[Zeit]], der [[Scheide]]- od. [[Wendepunkt]], der entscheidende, schicklichste [[Zeitpunkt]], [[Augenblick]], commoditatis omnes articulos [[scio]], Plaut.: si de singulis articulis temporum deliberabimus, Plin.: in ipso [[articulo]] temporis, Cic.: in ipsis quos [[dixi]] temporum articulis, Curt.: u. bl. in ipso [[articulo]], Ter.: u. in [[articulo]], [[auf]] der [[Stelle]], [[sogleich]], Cod. Iust.: in [[quo]] [[articulo]] rerum mearum, in welchem mißlichen Zeitpunkte, in [[welcher]] mißlichen [[Lage]], Curt.: in [[aspero]] ac difficili temporum [[articulo]], Val. Max. – 3) v. anderen abstrakten Dingen, der [[Abschnitt]], [[Absatz]], P unkt, per eosdem articulos et [[gradus]], [[durch]] alle kleineren u. größeren Abstufungen der Ehrenstellen, Suet.: latitudinum articuli, Plin.: [[civilis]] articuli [[umbra]], das [[Schattenbild]] eines bloßen Bruchteils der [[Politik]], Apul.: ventum est ad ipsum articulum causae, zum Hauptpunkte, Arnob.: in multis [[nostri]] iuris articulis, ICt.: [[summa]] rerum [[divisio]] in duos articulos diducitur, ICt. – / Nbf. articulum, Virg. gramm. p. 146, 24; vgl. Gloss. ›articulum, [[ἄρθρον]]‹ u. ›articula, ἄρθρα‹. | ||
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Latin > English
articulus articuli N M :: point of time; (Vulgate)
articulus articulus articuli N M :: joint; portion of limb/finger between joints; part; (critical) moment; crisis
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
artĭcŭlus: i, m.
dim. 2. artus,
I a small member connecting various parts of the body, a joint, knot, knuckle.
Lit.: nodi corporum, qui vocantur articuli, Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 217: hominis digiti articulos habent ternos, pollex binos, id. 11, 43, 99, § 244: summus caudae articulus, id. 8, 41, 63, § 153 al.: crura sine nodis articulisque, Caes. B. G. 6, 27: ipso in articulo, quo jungitur capiti cervix, Liv. 27, 49: auxerat articulos macies, i. e. had made more joints, had made the bones visible, Ov. M. 8, 807: articulorum dolores habere, i. e. gouty pains, Cic. Att. 1, 5 fin.; cf. Cels. 5, 18: postquam illi justa cheragra Contudit articulos, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 16; cf. Pers. 5, 58: gladiatorem vehementis impetus excipit adversarii mollis articulus, Quint. 2, 12, 2.—Hence, molli articulo tractare aliquem, to touch one gently, softly, Quint. 11, 2, 70.—Of plants: ineunte vere in iis (vitibus), quae relicta sunt, exsistit, tamquam ad articulos sarmentorum, ea quae gemma dicitur, Cic. Sen. 15, 53; Plin. 16, 24, 36, § 88: ante quam seges in articulum eat, Col. 2, 11, 9; so Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 159. —Of mountains, a hill connecting several larger mountains: montium articuli, Plin. 37, 13, 77, § 201.—
B With an extension of the idea, a limb, member, in gen. (cf. 2. artus), * Lucr. 3, 697.—Hence also for a finger, Prop. 2, 34, 80; so Ov. H. 10, 140; id. P. 2, 3, 18: quot manus atteruntur, ut unus niteat articulus! Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 158: ab eo missus est articulus manūs, Vulg. Dan. 5, 24: aspiciebat articulos manūs, ib. ib. 5, 5: erexit me super articulos manuum mearum, on the fingers or palms of my hands, ib. ib. 10, 10. —
II Trop.
A Of discourse, a member, part, division: articulus dicitur, cum singula verba intervallis distinguuntur caesā oratione, hoc modo: acrimoniā, voce, vultu adversarios perterruisti, Auct. ad Her. 4, 19: continuatio verborum soluta multo est aptior atque jucundior, si est articulis membrisque (κόμμασι καὶ κώλοις) distincta, quam si continuata ac producta, Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186: (genus orationis) fluctuans et dissolutum eo quod sine nervis et articulis fluctuat huc et illuc, Auct. ad Her. 4, 11.— Hence, a short clause, Dig. 36, 1, 27; also, a single word, ib. 35, 1, 4: articulus Est praesentis temporis demonstrationem continet, ib. 34, 2, 35: hoc articulo Quisque omnes significantur, ib. 28, 5, 29.—In gram. the pronn. hic and quis, Varr. L. L. 8, § 45 Müll.; the article, Quint. 1, 4, 19.—
B Of time.
1 A point of time, a moment: commoditatis omnes articulos scio, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 31.—With tempus: qui hunc in summas angustias adductum putaret, ut eum suis conditionibus in ipso articulo temporis astringeret, at the most critical moment, Cic. Quinct. 5, 19: in ipsis quos dixi temporum articulis, Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 216: si de singulis articulis temporum deliberabimus, August. ap. Suet. Claud. 4; also without tempus: in ipso articulo, at the fit moment, at the nick of time, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 21.—With dies: in articulo diei illius ingressus est, on that very day, Vulg. Gen. 7, 13.—And with res: in articulo rerum, Curt. 3, 5; also in articulo, instantly, immediately, = statim, Cod. Just. 1, 33, 3.—Hence with the idea extended,
2 A space, division of time: hi cardines singulis articulis dividuntur, Plin. 18, 25, 59, § 222: octo articuli lunae, id. 18, 35, 79, § 350: articulus austrinus, i. e. in which auster blows, id. 17, 2, 2, § 11.—
C Of other abstract things, part, division, point: per eosdem articulos (i.e. per easdem honorum partes) et gradus producere, August. ap. Suet. Claud. 4: stationes in mediis latitudinum articulis, quae vocant ecliptica, Plin. 2, 15, 13, § 68; Dig. 1, 3, 12: ventum est ergo ad ipsum articulum causae, i. e. ventum ad rei cardinem, the turning-point, Arn. 7, p. 243.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
artĭcŭlus,¹¹ ī, m. (artus)
1 articulation, jointure des os : Cic. de Or. 2, 359 ; Cæs. G. 6, 27, 2 ; Liv. 27, 49, 1 ; Plin. 11, 217 || articulation (nœud) des sarments de la vigne : Cic. CM 53 ; Col. Rust. 2, 11, 9 || membre : Lucr. 3, 697 || doigt : Prop. 2, 34, 80 ; Ov. H. 10, 140 || [prov.] molli articulo tractare aliquem Quint. 11, 1, 70, toucher qqn d’une main légère, cf. molli bracchio à bracchium
2 [fig.] a) membre de phrase, partie, division : Cic. de Or. 3, 96 ; 3, 186 ; Her. 4, 26 ; b) [gramm.] le pronom hic et quis Varro L. 8, 45 || l’article : Quint. 1, 4, 19 || [un mot isolé] Pompon. Sext. Dig. 28, 5, 29 ; c) moment, instant, point précis : Cic. Quinct. 19 ; Plin. 2, 216 || moment critique, décisif. Ter. Ad. 229 ; Curt. 3, 5, 11 ; d) point : per eosdem articulos et gradus Suet. Claud. 4, passer par les mêmes points [la même filière] et les mêmes degrés ; e) article, point dans un exposé : Aug. Civ. 9, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
articulus, ī, m. (Demin. v. artus), das kleine, mehrere Glieder verbindende Gelenk, der Knoten, Knöchel, Knochen (der Extremitäten), I) eig.: 1) an leb. Wesen, articulorum dolores, Gelenk-, Glieder-, Gichtschmerzen, Cic.: articulorum nodi, Gichtknoten, Plin.: articuli alarum, Flügelgelenke, Plin.: ad numerum articulus cadens, oberstes Fingergelenk, Cic.: medii articuli, die mittleren Fingergelenke, Quint.: articulus, quo iungitur capiti cervix, das Halsgelenk, Liv.: nodi corporum, qui vocantur articuli, Plin.: articuli elapsi in priorem partem, Verrenkungen nach vorn, Cels.: hominis digiti articulos habent ternos, pollex binos, Plin.: crura sine articulis habere, Caes.: auxerat articulos macies, d.i. hatte gemacht, daß mehr Knochen zum Vorschein kamen, Ov.: articulum extorquere (ausrenken), Sen.: articuli suis sedibus excidunt, Cels.: articulos reponere, Cels.: molli articulo tractare alqm (sprichw.), milde behandeln, Quint. 11, 1, 70. – Plur., meton., die Glieder, bes. die Finger, Lucr. 3, 695. Catull. 99, 8. Prop. 2, 34, 80. Ov. her. 10, 140; ex Pont. 2, 3, 18. – 2) an Pflanzen, Bäumen, das Gelenk, der Knoten, sarmentorum, Cic.: seges in articulum it, Col. u. Plin. – u. montium articuli, die mehrere größere Berge verbindenden Hügel, die Absätze, Plin. 37, 201. – II) übtr.: 1) v. der Rede, das Glied, der Teil, die Abteilung, articuli membraque (κόμματα καὶ κῶλα, kleinere u. größere Satzglieder, Cic.: oratio sine nervis et articulis fluctuat huc et illuc, ohne Bänder u. Gelenke, Cornif. rhet.: dah. ein kleiner Redesatz, ICt.: auch ein Band der Satzglieder, Rutil. Lup. 1, 14 u. 15: ein einzelnes Wort, articulus Tum, ICt. – In der Gramm. das Pronomen hic u. quis, Varr. LL. 8, 45: u. der Artikel, Quint. 1, 4, 19. – 2) von der Zeit, der Scheide- od. Wendepunkt, der entscheidende, schicklichste Zeitpunkt, Augenblick, commoditatis omnes articulos scio, Plaut.: si de singulis articulis temporum deliberabimus, Plin.: in ipso articulo temporis, Cic.: in ipsis quos dixi temporum articulis, Curt.: u. bl. in ipso articulo, Ter.: u. in articulo, auf der Stelle, sogleich, Cod. Iust.: in quo articulo rerum mearum, in welchem mißlichen Zeitpunkte, in welcher mißlichen Lage, Curt.: in aspero ac difficili temporum articulo, Val. Max. – 3) v. anderen abstrakten Dingen, der Abschnitt, Absatz, P unkt, per eosdem articulos et gradus, durch alle kleineren u. größeren Abstufungen der Ehrenstellen, Suet.: latitudinum articuli, Plin.: civilis articuli umbra, das Schattenbild eines bloßen Bruchteils der Politik, Apul.: ventum est ad ipsum articulum causae, zum Hauptpunkte, Arnob.: in multis nostri iuris articulis, ICt.: summa rerum divisio in duos articulos diducitur, ICt. – / Nbf. articulum, Virg. gramm. p. 146, 24; vgl. Gloss. ›articulum, ἄρθρον‹ u. ›articula, ἄρθρα‹.