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English
Etymology
Late Middle English arterie, borrowing from Old French artaire and Latin artēria (“a windpipe; an artery”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (artēríā, “windpipe; artery”).
Noun
artere (plural arteres)
- (archaic, obsolete) sinew, ligament, tendon, artery
c. 1599-1601, Shakespeare, Hamlet, act I, scene iv, lines 81–83:My fate cries out
And makes each petty artere in this body
As hardy as the Nemean lion's nerve.
Latin
Verb
artēre
- second-person singular present passive subjunctive of artō
Middle French
Noun
artere f (plural arteres)
- artery
Old French
Noun
artere oblique singular, f (oblique plural arteres, nominative singular artere, nominative plural arteres)
- artery