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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In anatomy, a limb; a member; an extremity.

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Examples

  • Sit down, man, before you fall - vitiant artus aegrae contagia mentis, * (* When the mind is ill at ease, the body is somewhat affected.) as Ovid would say if he could see you.

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • Sacrorum contemptor, templi foribus effractis, dum D. Johannis argenteum simulacrum rapere contendit, simulacrum aversa facie dorsum ei versat, nec mora sacrilegus mentis inops, atque in semet insaniens in proprios artus desaevit.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Minime gentium! meus nasus nunquam tangetur, dum spiritus hos reget artus — Ad quid agendum? air uxor burgomagistri.

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

  • Minime gentium! meus nasus nunquam tangetur, dum spiritus hos reget artus — Ad quid agendum? air uxor burgomagistri.

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

  • Sit down, man, before you fall - vitiant artus aegrae contagia mentis, * (* When the mind is ill at ease, the body is somewhat affected.) as Ovid would say if he could see you.

    Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995

  • Sit down, man, before you fall - vitiant artus aegrae contagia mentis, * (* When the mind is ill at ease, the body is somewhat affected.) as Ovid would say if he could see you.

    Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995

  • Statium Annaeum, diu sibi amicitiae fide et arte medicinae probatum, orat, provisum pridem venenum, quo damnati publico Atheniensium iudicio exstinguerentur, promeret; adlatumque hausit frustra, frigidus iam artus, et cluso corpore adversum vim veneni.

    The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

  • The name is derived from the Latin _artus_, a joint, and the disease comprehends three species, viz., _sciatica_, disease of the scia, or the ligaments uniting the spine with the hip; _cyragra_, disease of the joints of the hands; and _podagra_, disease of the bones and joints of the foot, due to the descent of humors into their continuity.

    Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson

  • Dum memor ipse mihi, dum spiritus hos regit artus ....

    A Handbook for Latin Clubs Susan Paxson

  • Si antecedens syllaba terminal in consonantem necesse est et sequentem a consonante incipere; ut _artus_, _ille_, _arduus_; nisi fit compositum: ut _abeo_, _adeo_, _pereo_.

    The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord

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