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ars

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ars"

English

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Noun

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ars

  1. plural of ar

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Danish

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Etymology 1

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See ar (“scar”).

Noun

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ars n

  1. indefinite genitive singular/plural of ar

Etymology 2

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See ar (“are”).

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ars c

  1. indefinite genitive singular/plural of ar

Irish

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ars

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

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

Latin

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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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

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Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative ars artēs
genitive artis artium
dative artī artibus
accusative artem artēs
artīs
ablative arte artibus
vocative ars artēs

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Descendants

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  • 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
  • Venetan: arte
  • → Albanian: art
  • → Aromanian: artâ
  • → Breton: arz
  • → Cornish: art
  • → Romanian: artă

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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[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

Latvian

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Verb

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ars

  1. third-person singular/plural future indicative of art

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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

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Noun

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ars

  1. arse, anus
  2. bottom, buttocks
Quotations
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  • 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
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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ars

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

Old French

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Verb

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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 German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *ars.

Noun

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ars m

  1. arse
  2. buttocks when plural
  3. backside

Declension

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Declension of ars (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative ars arsa
accusative ars arsa
genitive arses arso
dative arse arsum
instrumental arsu —

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References

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

Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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ars m (genitive ars, plural arsar)

  1. arse, anus

Declension

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  Declension of ars (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ars arsinn arsar arsarnir
accusative ars arsinn arsa arsana
dative arsi arsinum ǫrsum ǫrsunum
genitive ars arsins arsa arsanna

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References

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

Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *ars.

Noun

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ars m

  1. the arse; the buttocks or anus

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Romanian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ars/
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ars

  1. past participle of arde

Adjective

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

  1. burnt
  2. scorched, parched

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite ars arsă arși arse
definite arsul arsa arșii arsele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite ars arse arși arse
definite arsului arsei arșilor arselor

Scottish Gaelic

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ars

  1. Alternative form of arsa (“said”) 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"

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Swedish

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Noun

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ars

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

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Noun

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ars

  1. (vulgar, anatomy) the arse.
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