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artērĭa , ae, f. (artērĭum , i, n.,
I.v. infra), = ἀρτηρία.
I. The windpipe: “arteria ad pulmonem atque cor pertinens,” Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 175; 20, 6, 22, § 49; so id. 22, 25, 66, § 136; Gell. 17, 11, 2 al.—From its internal roughness, also called arteria aspera (Gr. τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία): “cum aspera arteria (sic enim a medicis appellatur) ostium habeat adjunctum linguae radicibus,” Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.—And since it consists of two parts, also in the plur.: laeduntur arteriae, Auct. ad Her. 3, 12: “arteriae reticendo acquiescunt,” id. ib. 3, 12; Plin. 22, 23, 48, § 100; Suet. Ner. 25; id. Vit. 2; Gell. 10, 26, 9.—Once in the neutr. plur.: artērĭa , ōrum, * Lucr. 4, 529.—
II. An artery: “sanguis per venas in omne corpus diffunditur et spiritus per arterias,” Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138; cf. id. ib. fin.; Sen. Q. N. 3, 15; “arteriarum pulsus citatus aut tardus, etc.,” Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 219: “arteria incisa non coit neque sanescit,” Cels. 2, 10.—Sometimes it interchanges with vena; cf. Gell. 18, 10, 4 sq.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Suetonius, Nero, 25
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.529
    • Suetonius, Vitellius, 2
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 20.49
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 2.10
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 4.1
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.54
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.55
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 10.26.9
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 17.11.2
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 18.10.4
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