artus

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥tós (“fitted”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join, fit (together)”). Cognates include Sanskrit ऋत (ṛtá, “order; right, etc.”) and Avestan 𐬀𐬴𐬀 (aṣ̌a, “truth”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.tus/

Adjective

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

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

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	artus	arta	artum		artī	artae	arta
genitive	artī	artae	artī		artōrum	artārum	artōrum
dative	artō	artae	artō		artīs	artīs	artīs
accusative	artum	artam	artum		artōs	artās	arta
ablative	artō	artā	artō		artīs	artīs	artīs
vocative	arte	arta	artum		artī	artae	arta

• comparative: artior, superlative: artissimus

Synonyms

• (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, usually in the plural) a joint
2. (figuratively) sinew, strength, power
3. (poetic) the limbs

Inflection

Fourth declension, dative plural in -ubus.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	artus	artūs
genitive	artūs	artuum
dative	artuī	artubus
accusative	artum	artūs
ablative	artū	artubus
vocative	artus	artūs

Derived terms

articulāris articulārius articulātē

articulātim articulātiō articulātus

articulō articulōsus articulus

Related terms

• arma
• armus
• arthrītis

References

• “artus” in Lewis & Short’s Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, Oxford: Clarendon Press (1879)
• Michiel de Vaan (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden, Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, pages 55, 56

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Latvian

Participle

artus

1. accusative plural masculine form of arts