See also: ARS, ARs, árs, ārs, and års

EnglishEdit

NounEdit

ars

  1. plural of ar

AnagramsEdit

DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See ar (scar).

NounEdit

ars n

  1. indefinite genitive singular/plural of ar

Etymology 2Edit

See ar (are).

NounEdit

ars c

  1. indefinite genitive singular/plural of ar

IrishEdit

VerbEdit

ars

  1. (dated) Alternative form of arsa used before the definite article an

Usage notesEdit

In the modern standard language, arsa + an is written together as arsan; in older usage the spelling ars an may also be found.

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Italic *artis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥tís (fitting), from the root *h₂er- (to join).

Cognates include Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀(ərəta, truth, right), which in turn descends from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr̥tás, and Ancient Greek ἄρτι (árti, just, exactly). Related to arma.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ars f (genitive artis); third declension

  1. art, skill, craft, handicraft
    Synonyms: opus, opera, artificium
    • 63 CE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Mōrālēs ad Lūcīlium 65.3:
      Omnis ars nātūrae imitātiō est.
      Every art is imitation of nature.
  2. trade, occupation, employment
    Synonym: artificium
  3. cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagem
    Synonyms: dēceptiō, fraus, maleficium, perfidia, dolus, stratēgēma

DeclensionEdit

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ars artēs
Genitive artis artium
Dative artī artibus
Accusative artem artēs
artīs
Ablative arte artibus
Vocative ars artēs

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Corsican: arte
  • Extremaduran: arti
  • Franco-Provençal: ârt
  • German: lege artis
  • Italian: arte
  • Ligurian: arte
  • Lombard: aart
  • Neapolitan: arte
  • Old French: art
  • Old Leonese:
  • Old Occitan:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Old Spanish:
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Sardinian: arti
  • Sicilian: arti
  • Venetian: arte
  • Albanian: art
  • Aromanian: artâ
  • Breton: arz
  • Cornish: art
  • Romanian: artă

ReferencesEdit

  • ars”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ars in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • ars in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • abstruse studies: studia, quae in reconditis artibus versantur (De Or. 1. 2. 8)
    • (ambiguous) to have received a liberal education: optimis studiis or artibus, optimarum artium studiis eruditum esse
    • to teach some one letters: erudire aliquem artibus, litteris (but erudire aliquem in iure civili, in re militari)
    • system: ratio; disciplina, ratio et disciplina; ars
    • (ambiguous) the rules of art; aesthetics: artis praecepta, or also simply ars
    • to have no taste for the fine arts: abhorrere ab artibus (opp. delectari artibus)
    • the art of painting: ars pingendi, pictura (De Or. 2. 16. 69)
    • the art of sculpture: ars fingendi
    • the dramatic art: ars ludicra (De Or. 2. 20. 84)
    • the art of speaking; oratory: ars dicendi
    • to fool a person thoroughly: omnibus artibus aliquem ludificari, eludere
    • (ambiguous) to sleep soundly (from fatigue): arte, graviter dormire (ex lassitudine)
    • (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) learning, scientific knowledge is flourishing: artium studia or artes vigent (not florent)
    • (ambiguous) to be interested in, have a taste for culture: optimarum artium studio incensum esse
    • (ambiguous) to have received a liberal education: optimis studiis or artibus, optimarum artium studiis eruditum esse
    • (ambiguous) to know nothing of logic: disserendi artem nullam habere
    • (ambiguous) theoretical, speculative philosophy: philosophia, quae in rerum contemplatione versatur, or quae artis praeceptis continetur
    • (ambiguous) to systematise: ad artem redigere aliquid
    • (ambiguous) to systematise: ad rationem, ad artem et praecepta revocare aliquid (De Or. 1. 41)
    • (ambiguous) to have been reduced to a system: arte conclusum esse
    • (ambiguous) to be very intimately related: arte (artissime) coniunctum esse
    • (ambiguous) a work of art: artis opus; opus arte factum or perfectum
    • (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) a taste for the fine arts: artium (liberalium) studium, or simply studium
    • (ambiguous) the rules of art; aesthetics: artis praecepta, or also simply ars
    • (ambiguous) a connoisseur; a specialist: (artis, artium) intellegens, peritus (opp. idiota, a layman)
    • (ambiguous) to learn, study music: artem musicam discere, tractare
    • (ambiguous) to be very eloquent: dicendi arte florere
    • (ambiguous) to reduce law to a system: ius ad artem redigere
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 55

LatvianEdit

VerbEdit

ars

  1. 3rd person singular future indicative form of art
  2. 3rd person plural future indicative form of art

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érsos.

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ars

  1. arse, anus
  2. bottom, buttocks
QuotationsEdit
  • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “iij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XII:
    & thenne he rode after the bore / & thenne syre laūcelot was ware where the bore set his ars to a tree by an hermytage / Thenne sir launcelot ranne atte bore with his spere / & ther with the bore torned hym nemly
    (please add an English translation of this quote)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old French arz, artz (plural of art), from Latin artēs.

NounEdit

ars

  1. (Early Middle English) plural of art ((area of) knowledge)

Old FrenchEdit

VerbEdit

ars m (masculine plural ars, feminine singular arse, feminine plural arses)

  1. inflection of ardeir:
    1. oblique/nominative masculine singular participle
    2. oblique/nominative masculine plural past participle

Old High GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *ars.

NounEdit

ars m

  1. arse
  2. buttocks when plural
  3. backside

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Old NorseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁orsos (arse).

NounEdit

ars m (genitive ars, plural arsar)

  1. arse, anus

DeclensionEdit

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

ars”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old SaxonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *ars.

NounEdit

ars m

  1. the arse; the buttocks or anus

DescendantsEdit

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Latin ārsus, past participle of ārdeō. Compare Italian arso, Aromanian arsu.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

ars

  1. past participle of arde

AdjectiveEdit

ars m or n (feminine singular arsă, masculine plural arși, feminine and neuter plural arse)

  1. burnt
  2. scorched, parched

DeclensionEdit

Scottish GaelicEdit

VerbEdit

ars

  1. Alternative form of arsa used before vowels
    "Bu toil leam sin glè mhath," ars ise."I would really like that," she said.
    Ars an t-uan, "Cha d' rugadh mis' ach o chionn sia mìosan."The lamb said, "I was only born six months ago"

SwedishEdit

NounEdit

ars

  1. indefinite genitive singular of ar.
  2. indefinite genitive plural of ar.

AnagramsEdit

Tok PisinEdit

NounEdit

ars

  1. (vulgar, anatomy) the arse.