Lewis & Short

Parsing inflected forms may not always work as expected. If the following does not give the correct word, try Latin Words or Perseus.

The word Artavasdis could not be parsed. Trying a normal dictionary lookup:

No entries found. Showing closest matches:

†† 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.).