I. A.. Act., accomplished in art, skilful, artistic (perh. found only in Cic. and Auct. ad Her.): “rhetores elegantissimi atque artificiosissimi,” Cic. Inv. 1, 35 fin.: quod si artificiosum est intellegere, quae sunt ex arte scripta, multo est artificiosius ipsum scribere ex arte, Auct. ad Her. 4, 4, 7: “ipsius mundi natura non artificiosa solum, sed plane artifex,” Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58: “Zeno naturam ita definit, ut eam dicat ignem esse artificiosum ad gignendum progredientem viā,” id. ib. 2, 22, 58, § 57.—
B. Pass. (cf. artifex, II. B.), on which much art has been bestowed, made with art, artificial, ingenious: “utraeque (sc. venae et arteriae) vim quandam incredibilem artificiosi operis divinique testantur,” Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138: Epicurus autem nec non volt, si possit, plane et aperte loqui: nec de re obscurā, ut physici; “aut artificiosā, ut mathematici,” id. Fin. 2, 5, 15.—
II. According to the rules of art, artificial (esp. freq. in opp. to naturalis, natural): “ea genera divinandi non naturalia, sed artificiosa dicuntur,” Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72; so several times Auct. ad Her. 3, 16 sq. al. —Adv.: artĭfĭcĭōsē , in skilful manner, skilfully: “digerere aliquid,” Cic. de Or. 1, 41, 186: “dicere aliquid,” id. Fin. 3, 9, 32: “ambulare,” id. N. D. 3, 11, 27: commutare aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 3, 10, 17.—Comp.: “multo artificiosius efficere aliquid,” Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 57.—Sup.: artificiosissime facere, Auct. ad Her. 4, 4, 7.
