verb transitive

arto

2nd PP artāre · 3rd PP āvi · 4th PP ātum · conj. 1st

(not ), , 1. artus

to draw; press close together; to compress

to draw or press close together, to compress, contract (not found in Cic.).

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Lit.: omnia conciliatu artari possunt, * Lucr. 1, 576: libros, Mart. 1, 3, 3; Col. 12, 44, 2: vitis contineri debet vimine, non artari, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 209: angustias eas artantibus insulis parvis, quae etc., id. 3, 6, 13, § 83.—

to contract; straiten; limit figuratively •

Trop., to contract, straiten, limit, curtail: fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet, i. e. in angustias redigit, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 54 Lind.; Liv. 45, 56: tempus, to limit, circumscribe, Dig. 42, 1, 2; 38, 9, 1: se, to limit one's self, to retrench, ib. 1, 11, 2 al. —

to finish; conclude; contracted into a small compass; •

In gen., to finish, conclude, Petr. 85, 4.—Hence, artātus, a, um, P. a., contracted into a small compass; hence, narrow, close; and of time, short: pontus, Luc. 5, 234: tempus, Vell. 1, 16.

Perseus ID: n3821 Key: arto