artior
Dictionary entries
- Entry →artio, artire, artivi, -:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Technical
insert tightly, wedge; be a tight fit, crowd;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 1st - Entry →artus, arta -um, artior -or -us, artissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
close, firm, tight; thrifty; dense, narrow; strict; scarce, critical; brief;
nom. sg. (m./f.)voc. sg. (m./f.)
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...uictoria Magnus. angustus puppes mittebat in aequora limes artior Euboica, qua Chalcida uerberat, unda. 710hic haesere rates geminae..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...omnia continens tempora, quorum multiplicatione vita componitur; mensis artiore praecingitur circulo; angustissimum habet dies gyrum..."Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...hortatus est, repraesentans pro opera dignam cuique mercedem. Artiore autem annona ob assiduas sterilitates detentus quondam medio foro..."V
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...custodies, utrum frequentius osculer, utrum stringam magis artiore complexu? non est hoc impatientia, nec circa patris adfectus sacra..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...subeuntem exorsa parentis aeternum sibi Roma cupit (licet artior omnes limes agat stellas et te plaga lucida caeli..."Appendix Perottina
Gaius Phaedrus
"...saepius.Cotidiana capta consuetudinepaulatim facta est aduenae submissior,mox artior reuinxit animum copula.Hic dum consumit noctes custos diligens,desideratum..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fugiunt e corpore saetae, cornua decrescunt, fit luminis artior orbis, contrahitur rictus, redeunt umerique manusque, ungulaque in quinos..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fugiunt e corpore saetae, cornua decrescunt, fit luminis artior orbis, contrahitur rictus, redeunt umerique manusque, ungulaque in quinos..."