artus (not arctus), adj. with comp. and sup. 1 AR-, close, strait, narrow, confined, short: laquei: saltus, L.: compages, V.: nexus, O.: toga, narrow, H.: convivia, i. e. crowded, H.: artiores silvae, dense, Cs.: custodia, Ta.

— As subst n., a narrow place, narrow passage: in arto, L.: in artius coire, Cu.

— Fig., straitened, scanty, small, close, binding: vincula amoris artissima: vinculum ad astringendam fidem: commeatūs, L.

—As subst: ne spem sibi ponat in arto, diminish expec{*} tation, O.: desilire in artum, into straits, H.

— Needy, indigent, straitened: artis in rebus, O.

—As subst: ne in arto res esset, L.

— Of sleep, deep: artior somnus.

— Narrow, frugal: animus, H.