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arctē (correctly, artē), adv., v. artus fin.

artē (not arctē), adv., v. 1. artus fin.

Artĕmis, idis, f., = Ἄρτεμις, the Greek name of Diana, Plin. 25, 7, 36, § 73; cf. Macr. S. 1, 15; 7, 16.

Artĕmĭsĭa, ae, f., = Ἄρτεμισία.

  1. I. Wife of King Mausolus, in Caria, to whom, after his death, she built the renowned Mausoleum, Gell. 10, 18.
  2. II. artĕmĭsĭa, ae, f., the plant mugwort, Plin. 25, 7, 36, § 73; App. Herb. 10.

Artĕmisĭum, ii, n., = Ἀρτεμίσιον.

  1. I. A promontory of the island Eubœa, Nep. Them. 3, 2 and 4.
  2. II. A town in Eubœa, Plin. 4. 12, 21, § 64.

Artĕmĭta, ae, or Artĕmĭtē, ēs, f., = Ἀρτέμιτα.

  1. I. A city of Assyria or, perh. more strictly, of Babylonia, Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 117.
  2. II. Another name for Rhene, one of the Echinades, Plin. 4, 12, 22, § 67.

artĕmon (artĕmo, Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 99 P.), ōnis, m., = ἀρτέμων.

  1. I. A sail put upon the mast above the main-sail, a top-sail, Dig. 50, 16, 242; * Vulg. Act. 27, 40.
  2. II. The guiding-pulley of a machine for raising weights, * Vitr. 10, 5.

artērĭa, ae, f. (artērĭum, i, n., v. infra), = ἀρτηρία.

  1. I. The windpipe: arteria ad pulmonem atque cor pertinens, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 175; 20, 6, 22, § 49; so id. 22, 25, 66, § 136; Gell. 17, 11, 2 al.
    From its internal roughness, also called arteria aspera (Gr. τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία): cum aspera arteria (sic enim a medicis appellatur) ostium habeat adjunctum linguae radicibus, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.
    And since it consists of two parts, also in the plur.: laeduntur arteriae, Auct. ad Her. 3, 12: arteriae reticendo acquiescunt, id. ib. 3, 12; Plin. 22, 23, 48, § 100; Suet. Ner. 25; id. Vit. 2; Gell. 10, 26, 9.
    Once in the neutr. plur.: artērĭa, ōrum, * Lucr. 4, 529.
  2. II. An artery: sanguis per venas in omne corpus diffunditur et spiritus per arterias, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138; cf. id. ib. fin.; Sen. Q. N. 3, 15; arteriarum pulsus citatus aut tardus, etc., Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 219: arteria incisa non coit neque sanescit, Cels. 2, 10.
    Sometimes it interchanges with vena; cf. Gell. 18, 10, 4 sq.

artērĭăcē, ēs, f., = ἀρτηριακή, a medicine for the windpipe, Plin. 23, 7, 71, § 136; cf. Cels. 5, 25, 17; Scrib. Comp. 74 and 75.

artērĭăcus, a, um, adj., = ἀρτηριακός, of or pertaining to the windpipe: medicamenta, that produce coughing, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 6.

artērĭŏtŏmĭa, ae, f., = ἀρτηριοτομία, an opening or incision in an artery, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1 fin.

1. artus (not arctus), a, um, adj. [v. arma], prop. fitted; hence,

  1. I. Lit., close, strait, narrow, confined, short, brief: exierunt regionibus artis, Lucr. 6, 120: claustra, id. 1, 70; so id. 3, 808: nec tamen haec ita sunt arta et astricta, ut ea laxare nequeamus, Cic. Or. 65, 220: artioribus apud populum Romanum laqueis tenebitur, id. Verr. 2, 1, 5: nullum vinculum ad astringendam fidem jure jurando majores artius esse voluerunt, id. Off. 3, 31, 111: compages, Verg. A. 1, 293: nexus, Ov. M. 6, 242: arto stipata theatro, pressed together in a contracted theatre, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60: toga, a narrow toga without folds, id. ib. 1, 18, 30 (cf. exigua toga, id. ib. 1, 19, 13): nimis arta convivia, i. e. with too many guests, who are therefore compelled to sit close together, id. ib. 1, 5, 29 et saep.
    Hence, subst.: artum, i, n., a narrow place or passage: ventus cum confercit, franguntur in arto montes nimborum, Lucr. 6, 158 Lachm.: multiplicatis in arto ordinibus, Liv. 2, 50; so id. 34, 15: nec desilies imitator in artum, nor, by imitating, leap into a close place, Hor. A. P. 134.
  2. II. Trop., strict, severe, scanty, brief, small: sponte suā cecidit sub leges artaque jura, subjected himself to the severity of the laws, Lucr. 5, 1147: Additae leges artae et ideo superbae quasque etc., Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 12: vincula amoris artissima, Cic. Att. 6, 2: artior somnus, a sounder or deeper sleep, id. Rep. 6, 10: arti commeatus, Liv. 2, 34; Tac. H. 4, 26; cf.: in arto commeatus, id. ib. 3, 13: artissimae tenebrae, very thick darkness, Suet. Ner. 46 (for which, in class. Lat., densus, v. Bremi ad h. l., and cf. densus) al.
    So, colligere in artum, to compress, abridge: quae (volumina) a me collecta in artum, Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44.
    Of hope, small, scanty: spes artior aquae manantis, Col. 1, 5, 2: ne spem sibi ponat in arto, diminish hope, expectation, Ov. M. 9, 683: quia plus quam unum ex patriciis creari non licebat, artior petitio quattuor petentibus erat, i. e. was harder, had less ground of hope, Liv. 39, 32; and of circumstances in life, etc., straitened, distressing, wretched, needy, indigent (so in and after the Aug. per. for the class. angustus): rebus in artis, Ov. P. 3, 2, 25: artas res nuntiaret, Tac. H. 3, 69: tam artis afflictisque rebus, Flor. 2, 6, 31; so Sil. 7, 310: fortuna artior expensis, Stat. S. 5, 3, 117: ne in arto res esset, Liv. 26, 17.
    Adv.: artē (not arcte), closely, close, fast, firmly.
  1. I. Lit.: arte (manus) conliga, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 29: boves arte ad stipites religare, Col. 6, 2, 5: arte continere aliquid, Caes. B. G. 7, 23: aciem arte statuere, Sall. J. 52, 6: arte accubare, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 39.
    Comp.: calorem artius continere, Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25: artius astringi, Hor. Epod. 15, 5: signa artius conlocare, Sall. C. 59, 2: artius ire, Curt. 4, 13, 34: artius pressiusque conflictari, Gell. 10, 6.
    Sup.: milites quam artissime ire jubet, Sall. J. 68, 4: artissime plantas serere, Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16.
  2. II. Trop.: arte contenteque aliquem habere, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63; id. Merc. prol. 64: arte et graviter dormire, soundly, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59: arte appellare aliquem, briefly, by shortening his name, Ov. P. 4, 12, 10: artius adstringere rationem, Cic. Fat. 14, 32: abstinentiam artissime constringere, Val. Max. 2, 2, 8.
  3. III. Transf.: arte diligere aliquem, strongly, deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 8; so also id. ib. 2, 13.