Finnish

(index ar)

Proper noun

Arto

1. A male given name.

Declension

Usage notes

• Popular in Finland in the 1950s and the 1960s.

Related terms

• Arttu
• Artturi

Anagrams

• arot, Atro, orat, raot, tora

Basque

Noun

arto

1. corn, maize

Esperanto

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

Noun

arto m ‎(plural arti)

1. limb

Anagrams

• atro
• rota
• taro, tarò

Ladino

Adjective

arto m ‎(Latin spelling)

1. full, sated

Related terms

• artar

Latin

Alternative forms

• arctō

Etymology

From artus ‎(“narrow; severe”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.toː/

Verb

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

1. I draw or press close together, fit; compress, contract, tighten.
2. I finish, conclude.
3. I contract, limit, curtail, reduce.

Inflection

Derived terms

• artātus

Related terms

• artus

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “arto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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. vocative singular masculine form of artais
2. accusative singular masculine form of artais
3. instrumental singular masculine form of artais
4. genitive plural masculine form of artais
5. vocative singular feminine form of artais
6. accusative singular feminine form of artais
7. instrumental singular feminine form of artais
8. genitive plural feminine form of artais