artus

artus (1) (not arctus), adj.with comp.and sup.

1 AR-, close, strait, narrow, confined, short : laquei: saltus, L.: compages, V.: nexus, O.: toga, narrow , H.: convivia, i. e. crowded , H.: artiores silvae, dense , Cs.: custodia, Ta.— As subst n., a narrow place, narrow passage : in arto, L.: in artius coire, Cu.— Fig., straitened, scanty, small, close, binding : vincula amoris artissima: vinculum ad astringendam fidem: commeatūs, L.—As subst: ne spem sibi ponat in arto, diminish expectation , O.: desilire in artum, into straits , H.— Needy, indigent, straitened : artis in rebus, O.—As subst: ne in arto res esset, L.— Of sleep, deep : artior somnus. — Narrow, frugal : animus, H.