adjective

artĭcŭlōsus

fem. artĭcŭlōsa · neut. artĭcŭlōsum

full of joints; full of knots

full of joints, or (of plants) full of knots (v. articulus, I.).

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Lit.: radix, Plin. 24, 16, 93, § 150.—

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Trop., of discourse (v. articulus, II. A.): vitanda concisa nimium et velut articulosa partitio, full of minute divisions and subdivisions, Quint. 4, 5, 24 (cf. just before: divisio in digitos diducta).

Perseus ID: n3810 Key: articulosus