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†† artăba, ae, f., an Egyptian dry measure = 3 1/3 Rom. modii, Rhem. Fan. Pond. 89.

Artăbānus, i, m.

  1. I. A Parthian king of the family of the Arsacidœ, Just. 42, 2; Tac. A. 2, 3; 2, 58; 6, 31 sq.; 11, 8.
  2. II. A general of Xerxes, Nep. Reg. 1, 5; Just. 3, 1.

Artăcĭē, ēs, f., = Ἀρτακίη (Hom. Od. 10, 108), a fountain in the country of the Lœstrygones, Tib. 4, 1, 60.

artātus (not arct-), a, um, P. a., from arto.

Artaxăta, ōrum, n. (Artaxăta, ae, f., Tac. A. 2, 56), = Ἀρτάξατα, the capital of Armenia Major, on the Araxes, now Ardaschad, Juv. 2, 170.

Artaxerxes, is, m., = Ἀρταξέρξης, the name of several Persian kings, Nep. Reg. 1, 3; Just. 3, 1; 10, 3 al.

arto (not arcto), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. artus], to draw or press close together, to compress, contract (not found in Cic.).

  1. I.
    1. A. Lit.: omnia conciliatu artari possunt, * Lucr. 1, 576: libros, Mart. 1, 3, 3; Col. 12, 44, 2: vitis contineri debet vimine, non artari, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 209: angustias eas artantibus insulis parvis, quae etc., id. 3, 6, 13, § 83.
    2. B. Trop., to contract, straiten, limit, curtail: fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet, i. e. in angustias redigit, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 54 Lind.; Liv. 45, 56: tempus, to limit, circumscribe, Dig. 42, 1, 2; 38, 9, 1: se, to limit one’s self, to retrench, ib. 1, 11, 2 al.
  2. II. In gen., to finish, conclude, Petr. 85, 4.
    Hence, artātus, a, um, P. a., contracted into a small compass; hence, narrow, close; and of time, short: pontus, Luc. 5, 234: tempus, Vell. 1, 16.

† ărytaena or ărŭtaena, also contr. artaena, ae, f., = ἀρυταινη, a vessel for taking up liquids: arytaenam sive artaenam vas ab hauriendo sic appellabant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 21 Müll.: artaenaeque et aquales, Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 95 (1, 35 Müll.).