arto

See also: Arto

Basque

Etymology

Originally millet, but, with the displacement of millet by maize as a staple cereal in the 16th–17th centuries, the name was transferred to the somewhat similar-looking maize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arto/ [ar.t̪o]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arto
• Hyphenation: ar‧to

Noun

arto inan

1. corn, maize

Declension

Declension of arto (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	arto	artoa	artoak
ergative	artok	artoak	artoek
dative	artori	artoari	artoei
genitive	artoren	artoaren	artoen
comitative	artorekin	artoarekin	artoekin
causative	artorengatik	artoarengatik	artoengatik
benefactive	artorentzat	artoarentzat	artoentzat
instrumental	artoz	artoaz	artoez
inessive	artotan	artoan	artoetan
locative	artotako	artoko	artoetako
allative	artotara	artora	artoetara
terminative	artotaraino	artoraino	artoetaraino
directive	artotarantz	artorantz	artoetarantz
destinative	artotarako	artorako	artoetarako
ablative	artotatik	artotik	artoetatik
partitive	artorik	—	—
prolative	artotzat	—	—

Further reading

• “arto”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia
• “arto”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Esperanto

Etymology

From French art, Italian arte, English art, from Latin ars.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarto]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arto
• Hyphenation: ar‧to

Noun

arto (accusative singular arton, plural artoj, accusative plural artojn)

1. art

   Li studos la artojn, ĉefe literaturo kaj pentrado.

   He will study the arts, mainly literature and painting.

Derived terms

• kuirarto (“cuisine”)

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto arto, from English art, French art, Italian arte, Spanish arte, ultimately from Latin artem, accusative singular of ars.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.to/, /ˈaɾ.tɔ/

Noun

arto (plural arti)

1. art

Derived terms

• artala (“artistic (relating to arts)”)
  • artaleso (“artistic quality or character”)
• artema (“artistic (of a person)”)
• artisto (“artist”)

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin artus (joint).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.to/
• Rhymes: -arto
• Hyphenation: àr‧to

Noun

arto m (plural arti)

2. limb

Etymology 2

From Latin artus (narrow).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.to/
• Rhymes: -arto
• Hyphenation: àr‧to

Noun

arto m (plural arti)

2. narrow

Anagrams

• Rota, Taro, Torà, atro, rato, rota, taro, tarò, torà

Javanese

Romanization

arto

1. Nonstandard spelling of arta. Romanization of ꦲꦂꦠ.

Ladino

Adjective

arto (Latin spelling, feminine arta, masculine plural artos, feminine plural artas)

1. full, sated

Related terms

• artar

Latin

Alternative forms

• arctō (erroneous)

Etymology

From artus (“close, narrow, confined; strict, severe, brief”) +‎ -ō (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈar.toː/, [ˈärt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.to/, [ˈärt̪o]

Verb

artō (present infinitive artāre, perfect active artāvī, supine artātum); first conjugation

1. (literally) to draw or press close together, fit, compress, contract, tighten
   1. (figurative) to contract, straiten, limit, curtail, reduce
2. (in general) to finish, conclude

Conjugation

Conjugation of artō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	artō	artās	artat	artāmus	artātis	artant
	imperfect	artābam	artābās	artābat	artābāmus	artābātis	artābant
	future	artābō	artābis	artābit	artābimus	artābitis	artābunt
	perfect	artāvī	artāvistī	artāvit	artāvimus	artāvistis	artāvērunt, artāvēre
	pluperfect	artāveram	artāverās	artāverat	artāverāmus	artāverātis	artāverant
	future perfect	artāverō	artāveris	artāverit	artāverimus	artāveritis	artāverint
passive	present	artor	artāris, artāre	artātur	artāmur	artāminī	artantur
	imperfect	artābar	artābāris, artābāre	artābātur	artābāmur	artābāminī	artābantur
	future	artābor	artāberis, artābere	artābitur	artābimur	artābiminī	artābuntur
	perfect	artātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	artātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	artātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	artem	artēs	artet	artēmus	artētis	artent
	imperfect	artārem	artārēs	artāret	artārēmus	artārētis	artārent
	perfect	artāverim	artāverīs	artāverit	artāverīmus	artāverītis	artāverint
	pluperfect	artāvissem	artāvissēs	artāvisset	artāvissēmus	artāvissētis	artāvissent
passive	present	arter	artēris, artēre	artētur	artēmur	artēminī	artentur
	imperfect	artārer	artārēris, artārēre	artārētur	artārēmur	artārēminī	artārentur
	perfect	artātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	artātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	artā	—	—	artāte	—
	future	—	artātō	artātō	—	artātōte	artantō
passive	present	—	artāre	—	—	artāminī	—
	future	—	artātor	artātor	—	—	artantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		artāre	artāvisse	artātūrum esse	artārī	artātum esse	artātum īrī
participles		artāns	—	artātūrus	—	artātus	artandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		artandī	artandō	artandum	artandō	artātum	artātū

Derived terms

• artātus (participle)
• coartō

References

• “arto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “arto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• arto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the sciences; the fine arts: optima studia, bonae, optimae, liberales, ingenuae artes, disciplinae
    
  • learning, scientific knowledge is flourishing: artium studia or artes vigent (not florent)
    
  • profound scientific education: litterae interiores et reconditae, artes reconditae
    
  • the usual subjects taught to boys: artes, quibus aetas puerilis ad humanitatem informari solet
    
  • tricks of a demagogue: artes populares
    
  • (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) to know nothing of logic: disserendi artem nullam habere
    
  • (ambiguous) to systematise: ad artem redigere aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) to systematise: ad rationem, ad artem et praecepta revocare aliquid (De Or. 1. 41)
    
  • (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) to learn, study music: artem musicam discere, tractare
    
  • (ambiguous) to reduce law to a system: ius ad artem redigere
    

Latvian

Participle

arto

1. inflection of artais:
   1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
   2. genitive plural masculine/feminine