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:(file)
  • Rhymes: -arto, -o
  • 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 [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • arto”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈarto/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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

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)

  1. limb

Etymology 2

From Latin artus (narrow).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

arto m (plural arti)

  1. narrow

Anagrams

Javanese

Romanization

arto

  1. nonstandard spelling of arta, romanization of ꦲꦂꦠ

Ladino

Adjective

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

  1. full, sated

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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
  3. to abridge

Conjugation

Derived terms

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
  • https://www.online-latin-dictionary.com/latin-english-dictionary.php?parola=arcto
  • https://glosbe.com/la/en/arcto

Latvian

Participle

arto

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