articulus

articulus ī, m dim.

2 artus. a joint, knuckle : crura sine articulis, Cs.: quo iungitur capiti cervix, L.: sarmentorum. — Esp., plur, the fingers : labella abstergere articulis, Ct.—Fig., of discourse, a part, member . — Of time: in ipso articulo temporis, at the nick of time : in ipso articulo, T.