articulus
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);
nom. sg.
Examples
de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...inpellit; tenui ferro commissura ceruicis abrumpitur, et cum articulus ille qui caput collumque committit incisus est, tanta illa..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Oratore: "nullae argutiae digitorum, non ad numerum articulus cadens, trunco magis toto se ipse moderans et virili laterum..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...litibus, necesse est deteratur fulgor et durescat articulus et ipse ille mucro ingenii cotidiana pugna retundatur. XVII..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...prosternitur et illum uehementis impetus excipit aduersarii mollis articulus. Sed sunt in hac parte quae imperitos etiam naturaliter..."