artantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →arto, artare, artavi, artatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wedge in, fit/close firmly, tighten; compress, abridge; pack, limit, cramp;
pl. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ratisque in medium deferret Athon. sic ora profundi artantur casu nemorum; tunc aggere multo surgit opus longaeque tremunt..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Danai post terga premant: sic omnibus alae artantur portis septemque excursibus haerent. Ogygiis it sorte Creon, Eteoclea mittunt..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...exuuiae, gentilis honos; et pineus armat stipes, inexhaustis artantur tela pharetris. Herculeum paeana canunt uastataque monstris omnia; frondosa..."