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
- L
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..."