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
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..."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..."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..."