artissimum
Dictionary entries
- 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;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...hercules uita, licet supra mille annos exeat, in artissimum contrahetur: ista uitia nullum non saeculum deuorabunt; hoc uero..."Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...profectus ab Subotis inter Erythrarum promunturium Chiumque, qua artissimum fretum est, iis occurrit. nihil minus credere praefecti Eumenis..."
