artificiosus
Latin > English
artificiosus artificiosa -um, artificiosior -or -us, artificiosissimus -a -um ADJ :: skillfully; technical, by the rules, prescribed by art; artificial, unnatural
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
artĭfĭcĭōsus: a, um, adj. artificium.
Act., accomplished in art, skilful, artistic (perh. found only in Cic. and Auct. ad Her.): rhetores elegantissimi atque artificiosissimi, Cic. Inv. 1, 35 fin.: quod si artificiosum est intellegere, quae sunt ex arte scripta, multo est artificiosius ipsum scribere ex arte, Auct. ad Her. 4, 4, 7: ipsius mundi natura non artificiosa solum, sed plane artifex, Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58: Zeno naturam ita definit, ut eam dicat ignem esse artificiosum ad gignendum progredientem viā, id. ib. 2, 22, 58, § 57.—
B Pass. (cf. artifex, II. B.), on which much art has been bestowed, made with art, artificial, ingenious: utraeque (sc. venae et arteriae) vim quandam incredibilem artificiosi operis divinique testantur, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138: Epicurus autem nec non volt, si possit, plane et aperte loqui: nec de re obscurā, ut physici; aut artificiosā, ut mathematici, id. Fin. 2, 5, 15.—
II According to the rules of art, artificial (esp. freq. in opp. to naturalis, natural): ea genera divinandi non naturalia, sed artificiosa dicuntur, Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72; so several times Auct. ad Her. 3, 16 sq. al. —Adv.: artĭfĭcĭōsē, in skilful manner, skilfully: digerere aliquid, Cic. de Or. 1, 41, 186: dicere aliquid, id. Fin. 3, 9, 32: ambulare, id. N. D. 3, 11, 27: commutare aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 3, 10, 17.—Comp.: multo artificiosius efficere aliquid, Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 57.—Sup.: artificiosissime facere, Auct. ad Her. 4, 4, 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
artĭfĭcĭōsus, a, um (artificium),
1 fait suivant l’art, obtenu par l’art : Cic. Inv. 1, 6 ; Top. 69 || fait avec art : Cic. Ac. 2, 50 ; Fin. 2, 15
2 qui a de l’art, adroit : Cic. Inv. 1, 61 ; Nat. 2, 57 || artificiosior Cic. Inv. 1, 99 ; -issimus Cic. Inv. 1, 61.
Latin > German (Georges)
artificiōsus, a, um, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (artificium), I) aktiv = kunstreich, kunstfertig, rhetores ii, qui elegantissimi atque artificiosissimi putati sunt, Cic. – Plur. subst. artificiōsī, Künstler, Firm. math. 4, 6. – übtr., v. Lebl. ipsius mundi natura non artificiosa solum, sed plane artifex, Cic.: quodsi id artificiosum est intellegere, quae sunt ex arte scripta, multo est artificiosius ipsum scribere ex arte, Cornif. rhet. – II) passiv = kunstvoll, künstlich, A) eig.: res artificiosae (Ggstz. res naturā comparatae), Cornif. rhet.: artificiosum opus divinumque, Cic.: de re artificiosa loqui, ut mathematici, Cic.: artificiosis rebus se delectare, sich gern mit mechanischen Künsten beschäftigen, Vitr. – n. pl. subst., artificiosa (anteponuntur) non artificiosis, das Kunstvolle dem Kunstlosen, Cic. top. 69. – B) übtr., den Gesetzen der Kunst angemessen, kunstgemäß, künstlich (Ggstz. naturalis, »naturgemäß«), sunt duae memoriae: una naturalis, altera artificiosa, Cornif. rhet.: ea genera divinandi non naturalia, sed artificiosa dicuntur, Cic.
