ars
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥tís (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”). Cognates include Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬌𐬙𐬌 (arəiti, “reward”) and Ancient Greek ἄρτι (árti, “just, exactly”). Related to arma.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ars/
Audio (Classical) (file)
Inflection
Third declension i-stem.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ars | artēs |
Genitive | artis | artium |
Dative | artī | artibus |
Accusative | artem | artēs |
Ablative | arte | artibus |
Vocative | ars | artēs |
Descendants
- Corsican: arte
- Extremaduran: arti
- Franco-Provençal: ârt
- Italian: arte
- Ligurian: arte
- Lombard: art
- Neapolitan: arte
- Old French: art
- Old Leonese:
- Old Occitan:
- Old Portuguese:
- Old Spanish:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Sardinian: arti
- → Maltese: arti
- Venetian: arte
- → Albanian: art
- → Aromanian: artâ
- → Breton: arz
- → Cornish: art
- → Romanian: artă
References
- ars in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ars in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- abstruse studies: studia, quae in reconditis artibus versantur (De Or. 1. 2. 8)
- (ambiguous) to have received a liberal education: optimis studiis or artibus, optimarum artium studiis eruditum esse
- to teach some one letters: erudire aliquem artibus, litteris (but erudire aliquem in iure civili, in re militari)
- system: ratio; disciplina, ratio et disciplina; ars
- (ambiguous) the rules of art; aesthetics: artis praecepta, or also simply ars
- to have no taste for the fine arts: abhorrere ab artibus (opp. delectari artibus)
- the art of painting: ars pingendi, pictura (De Or. 2. 16. 69)
- the art of sculpture: ars fingendi
- the dramatic art: ars ludicra (De Or. 2. 20. 84)
- the art of speaking; oratory: ars dicendi
- to fool a person thoroughly: omnibus artibus aliquem ludificari, eludere
- (ambiguous) to sleep soundly (from fatigue): arte, graviter dormire (ex lassitudine)
- (ambiguous) to reduce a thing to its theoretical principles; to apply theory to a thing: ad artem, ad rationem revocare aliquid (De Or. 2. 11. 44)
- (ambiguous) learning, scientific knowledge is flourishing: artium studia or artes vigent (not florent)
- (ambiguous) to be interested in, have a taste for culture: optimarum artium studio incensum esse
- (ambiguous) to have received a liberal education: optimis studiis or artibus, optimarum artium studiis eruditum esse
- (ambiguous) to know nothing of logic: disserendi artem nullam habere
- (ambiguous) theoretical, speculative philosophy: philosophia, quae in rerum contemplatione versatur, or quae artis praeceptis continetur
- (ambiguous) to systematise: ad artem redigere aliquid
- (ambiguous) to systematise: ad rationem, ad artem et praecepta revocare aliquid (De Or. 1. 41)
- (ambiguous) to have been reduced to a system: arte conclusum esse
- (ambiguous) to be very intimately related: arte (artissime) coniunctum esse
- (ambiguous) a work of art: artis opus; opus arte factum or perfectum
- (ambiguous) to follow an artistic profession, practise an art: artem exercere
- (ambiguous) to teach an art: artem tradere, docere
- (ambiguous) to profess an art: artem profiteri
- (ambiguous) a taste for the fine arts: artium (liberalium) studium, or simply studium
- (ambiguous) the rules of art; aesthetics: artis praecepta, or also simply ars
- (ambiguous) a connoisseur; a specialist: (artis, artium) intellegens, peritus (opp. idiota, a layman)
- (ambiguous) to learn, study music: artem musicam discere, tractare
- (ambiguous) to be very eloquent: dicendi arte florere
- (ambiguous) to reduce law to a system: ius ad artem redigere
- abstruse studies: studia, quae in reconditis artibus versantur (De Or. 1. 2. 8)
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 55
Latvian
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érsos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈars/, /ˈɛrs/
References
- “ărs (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-12.
Etymology 2
From Old French arz, artz, plural of art.
Old French
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érsos (“arse”)
Declension
References
ars in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *arsaz.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ars/
Adjective
ars m or n (feminine singular arsă, masculine plural arși, feminine and neuter plural arse)
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