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Lewis Short
(v. a.P. a.) : arto (not arcto), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. 1. artus
* To draw or press close together, to compress, contract (not found in Cic.).
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* To draw or press close together, to compress, contract (not found in Cic.).
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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