articulus ī, m dim. 2 artus. a joint, knuckle: crura sine articulis, Cs.: quo iungitur capiti cervix, L.: sarmentorum.

— Esp., plur, the fingers: labella abstergere articulis, Ct.

—Fig., of discourse, a part, member.

— Of time: in ipso articulo temporis, at the nick of time: in ipso articulo, T.