artērĭa | artērĭum, i | artērĭa, ōrum (noun F.n) : f. (, , n.
* V.infra), = ἀρτηρία.
* 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.: , , * Lucr. 4, 529.
* 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.

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