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arto (not arcto ), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. 1. artus,
I.to draw or press close together, to compress, contract (not found in Cic.).
B. Trop., to contract, straiten, limit, curtail: “fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet, i. e. in angustias redigit,Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 54 Lind.; Liv. 45, 56: “tempus,to limit, circumscribe, Dig. 42, 1, 2; 38, 9, 1: “se,to limit one's self, to retrench, ib. 1, 11, 2 al.
II. In gen., to finish, conclude, Petr. 85, 4.—Hence, artātus , a, um, P. a., contracted into a small compass; hence, narrow, close; and of time, short: “pontus,Luc. 5, 234: “tempus,Vell. 1, 16.
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    • Plautus, Captivi, 2.2
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.576
    • Lucan, Civil War, 5.234
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