Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 175.ars on page 175
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ars art
ars is a Latin Noun that primarily means art.
Definitions for ars
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
art, skill
English derivatives:
artifact artifice artificial artlessartist artisan inert inertia
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
Professional, artistic, or technical skill as something acquired and exercised in practice, skilled work, craftmanship, art. (b) skillfully, artistically.
- 2
(spec. where a contrast w. natura, ingenium, etc., is stated or implied) Artificial methods, human ingenuity, artificiality, art.
- 3
A crafty action,trick, wile, stratagem; craftiness, guile; (mil.) a tactical device. (b) craftily, cunningly.
Sentences with ars
Latin to English
Artem Graecōrum oculīs meīs vīdī.Compare I have seen the art of the Greeks with my own eyes.
Quis est praestantior aut nōbilitāte aut probitāte aut studiō optimārum artium?Compare Who is more outstanding in nobility or integrity or the pursuit of the finest arts?
Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedificavit urbes. (De Re Rustic, III, 1)Compare Divine nature gave us the country, human art built our cities.
Etsi ars quidem, cum ea non utare, scientia tamen ipsa teneri potest, virtus in usu sui tota posita est; usus autem eius est maximus civitatis gubernatio. (De re publica, I, 2)Compare Though it is true that an art, even if you never use it, can still remain in your possession by the very fact of your knowledge of it, yet the existence of virtue depends entirely upon its use; and its noblest use is the government of the state. (Tr. C. W. Keyes)
Declension table for ars
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | ars | artēs |
| Gen. | artis | artium / -um |
| Dat. | artī | artibus |
| Acc. | artem | artēs / -īs |
| Abl. | arte | artibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 92.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 175.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "ars, artis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/ars-artis.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 92.ars, artis on page 92
