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Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
arctus m (genitive arctī); second declension
- Alternative spelling of Arctus.
Inflection
Second-declension noun.
Adjective
arctus (feminine arcta, neuter arctum, comparative arctior, superlative arctissimus, adverb arctē); first/second-declension adjective
- Misspelling of artus.
References
- “arctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “arctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- arctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.