articulum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →articulus, articuli:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
joint; portion of limb/finger between joints; part; (critical) moment; crisis;; point of time; (Vulgate);
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
- L
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...nonregio quaerenda est. Fregit aliquis crus aut extorsit articulum: nonvehiculum navemque conscendit, sed advocat medicum ut fracta pars..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...omni patientiae expositum: saepe nimia uis caedentis aut articulum loco mouit aut neruum in iis quos fregerat dentibus..." - M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...disputandum est. Acrius tamen argumentari videntur qui medium articulum potius tenent, tanto contractioribus ultimis digitis quanto priores descenderunt..."