Middle French

Proper noun

Artus

1. Arthur (usually in reference to King Arthur)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.tus/

Adjective

artus m ‎(feminine arta, neuter artum); first/second declension

1. narrow, close, fitted, confined, dense
2. (figuratively) severe, strict, scanty, brief

Inflection

First/second declension.

• comparative: artior, superlative: artissimus

Synonyms

• arctus, (narrow): angustus

Derived terms

• artē
• artiō
• artō
• artum

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥tús ‎(“that which is fit together; juncture, ordering”), from the root *h₂er- ‎(“to join, fit (together)”). Cognates include Sanskrit ऋतु ‎(ṛtú, “right time, order, rule”), Ancient Greek ἀρτύς ‎(artús, “arranging, arrangement”) and Old Armenian արդ ‎(ard, “ornament, shape”). From the same root also ars, artis ‎(“art”) and arma ‎(“armor”).

Noun

artus m ‎(genitive artūs); fourth declension

1. (anatomy, chiefly in the plural) a joint
2. (figuratively) sinew, strength, power
3. (poetic) the limbs

Inflection

Fourth declension, dative/ablative plural in -ubus.

Derived terms

Related terms

• arma
• armus
• arthrītis

References

• artus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• artus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ARTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “artus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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, or quae 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 or perfectum
    
  • (ambiguous) the rules of art; aesthetics: artis praecepta, or also simply ars
    
  • (ambiguous) a connoisseur; a specialist: (artis, artium) intellegens, peritus (opp. idiota, a layman)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be very eloquent: dicendi arte florere
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 55-56

Latvian

Participle

artus

1. accusative plural masculine form of arts