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ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγωhowever, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess

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Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

artum,¹² ī, n. de artus pris substt:
1 espace étroit : in arto pugna Romano aptior futura videbatur Liv. 28, 33, 9, il apparaissait que le combat dans un espace resserré serait plus à l’avantage du Romain ; in artum compulsi Liv. 23, 27, 7, refoulés à l’étroit
2 [fig.] in arto esse Liv. 26, 17, 5, être dans une situation critique ; nobis in arto et inglorius labor Tac. Ann. 4, 32, pour moi le travail est borné et sans gloire ; in arto commeatus Tac. H. 3, 13, le ravitaillement est réduit.