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“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 (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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 musicamdiscere, 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
& 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