artarer
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;
sg. imperf. pass. subj. 1st
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...tamquam reum corpus animam. ferro vero ac lapidibus artare et, ut solent bellicae robur accipere portae, ipsam umbram..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...mitisfestinabat erus? brevibus constringere laenispectora et angusta telas artare lacerna; 130enormes non ille sinus, sed semper ad annostexta..."