ars

See also:Appendix:Variations of "ars"

English

Noun

ars

1. pluralofar

Anagrams

• ASR,RAS,RAs,RSA,Ras,SAR,Sar,Sar.,asr,ras

Danish

Etymology 1

Seear(“scar”).

Noun

arsn

1. indefinitegenitivesingular/pluralofar

Etymology 2

Seear(“are”).

Noun

arsc

1. indefinitegenitivesingular/pluralofar

Irish

Verb

ars

1. (dated)Alternative form ofarsaused before the definite articlean

Usage notes

In the modern standard language,arsa+anis written together asarsan;in older usage the spellingars anmay also be found.

Latin

Etymology

FromProto-Italic*artis,fromProto-Indo-European*h₂r̥tís(“fitting”),from the root*h₂er-(“to join”).

Cognates includeAvestan𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀(ər^əta,“truth, right”),which in turn descends fromProto-Indo-Iranian*Hr̥tás,andAncient Greekἄρτι(árti,“just, exactly”).Related toarma.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ars/,[ärs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ars/,[ärs]

Noun

arsf(genitiveartis);third declension

1. art,skill,craft,handicraft

   Synonyms:opus,opera,artificium

   • 63CE– 65CE,Seneca the Younger,Epistulae Mōrālēs ad Lūcīlium65.3:

     Omnisarsnātūrae imitātiō est.

     Everyartis imitation of nature.

2. trade,occupation,employment

   Synonym:artificium

3. cunning,artifice,fraud,stratagem

   Synonyms:dēceptiō,fraus,maleficium,perfidia,dolus,stratēgēma

Declension

Third-declensionnoun (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 terms

• ars gratia artis
• artista
• artifex
• iners
• sollers

Related terms

• arto
• arctō

Descendants

• Corsican:arte
• Extremaduran:arti
• Franco-Provençal:ârt
• →German:lege artis
• Italian:arte
• Ligurian:arte
• Lombard:aart
• Neapolitan:arte
• Old French:art
  • Middle French:art
    • French:art
      • Haitian Creole:la(< l'art)
  • Norman:art
  • Walloon:årt
  • →Middle English:art
    • English:art
      • Jamaican Creole:aat
      • Tok Pisin:at
      • →Japanese:アート(āto)
    • Scots:airt
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian:arte
  • Mirandese:arte
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan:art
  • Occitan:art
• Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Galician:arte
  • Portuguese:arte
• Old Spanish:
  • Ladino:

    Hebrew script:ארטי

    Latin script:arte

  • Spanish:arte
    • →Basque:arte
    • →Hiligaynon:arte
    • →Ilocano:arte
    • →Tagalog:arte
    • →Waray-Waray:arte
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian:art
  • Ladin:ert
• Sardinian:arti
• Sicilian:arti
  • →Maltese:arti
• Venetian:arte
• →Albanian:art
• →Aromanian:artâ
• →Breton:arz
• →Cornish:art
• →Romanian:artă

References

• “ars”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arsinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
• arsinEnrico 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 studiisorartibus, optimarum artium studiis eruditum esse
    
  • to teach some one letters:erudire aliquem artibus, litteris(buterudire aliquem in iure civili, in re militari)
    
  • system:ratio; disciplina, ratio et disciplina; ars
    
  • (ambiguous)the rules of art; aesthetics:artis praecepta,or also simplyars
    
  • 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 studiaorartes vigent(notflorent)
    
  • (ambiguous)to be interested in, have a taste for culture:optimarum artium studio incensum esse
    
  • (ambiguous)to have received a liberal education:optimis studiisorartibus, 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,orquae 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 factumorperfectum
    
  • (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 simplystudium
    
  • (ambiguous)the rules of art; aesthetics:artis praecepta,or also simplyars
    
  • (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,page55

Latvian

Verb

ars

1. third-personsingular/pluralfutureindicativeofart

Middle English

Etymology 1

FromOld Englishærs,ears,fromProto-West Germanic*ars,fromProto-Germanic*arsaz,fromProto-Indo-European*h₃érsos.

Alternative forms

• arce,ers,eres,hars,hers,aars

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈars/,/ˈɛrs/

Noun

ars

1. arse,anus
2. bottom,buttocks

Quotations

• 1485,Sir Thomas Malory,“iij”,inLe Morte Darthur,book XII:

  & thenne he rode after the bore / & thenne syre laūcelot was ware where the bore set hisarsto a tree by an hermytage / Thenne sir launcelot ranne atte bore with his spere / & ther with the bore torned hym nemly

  (pleaseadd an English translationof this quotation)

Descendants

• English:arse,ass
• Scots:ers,airse

References

• “ărs,n.”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

Etymology 2

FromOld Frencharz,artz(plural ofart), fromLatinartēs.

Noun

ars

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

Old French

Verb

arsm(masculine pluralars,feminine singulararse,feminine pluralarses)

1. inflection ofardeir:
   1. oblique/nominativemasculinesingularparticiple
   2. oblique/nominativemasculinepluralpastparticiple

Old High German

Etymology

FromProto-West Germanic*ars.

Noun

arsm

1. arse
2. buttockswhen plural
3. backside

Declension

Declension ofars(masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	ars	arsa
accusative	ars	arsa
genitive	arses	arso
dative	arse	arsum
instrumental	arsu	—

Derived terms

• arsdarm
• arswisk

Descendants

• Middle High German:ars
  • Bavarian:Oasch
  • Cimbrian:aars
  • German:Arsch
  • Hunsrik:Aarsch
  • Luxembourgish:Aasch
  • Pennsylvania German:Aarsch

References

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

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• rass

Etymology

FromProto-Germanic*arsaz,fromProto-Indo-European*h₁orsos(“arse”).

Noun

arsm(genitivears,pluralarsar)

1. arse,anus

Declension

Declension ofars(stronga-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

Descendants

• Icelandic:ars
• Faroese:arsur
• Old Swedish:ars
  • ⇒Swedish:arsel,arsle

References

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

Old Saxon

Etymology

FromProto-West Germanic*ars.

Noun

arsm

1. thearse;thebuttocksoranus

Descendants

• Middle Low German:ars
  • Dutch Low Saxon:ars,ors
  • German Low German:Aars
  • ⇒by rebracketing:
    • Dutch Low Saxon:nors,mors
    • German Low German:Maars,Moors,Narsch,Närsch,Närs

      Plautdietsch:Noasch

Romanian

Etymology

InheritedfromLatinārsus,past participle ofārdeō.CompareItalianarso,Aromanianarsu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ars/

• Audio:

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Verb

ars

1. pastparticipleofarde

Adjective

arsmorn(feminine singulararsă,masculine pluralarși,feminine and neuter pluralarse)

1. burnt
2. scorched,parched

Declension

Declension ofars

		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

Verb

ars

1. Alternative form ofarsaused before vowels

   "Butoilleam sin glè mhath, "arsise.―"I would really like that," shesaid.

   Arsan t-uan,"Cha d'rugadhmis' ach o chionn sia mìosan. "―The lambsaid,"I was only born six months ago"

Swedish

Noun

ars

1. indefinitegenitivesingularofar
2. indefinitegenitivepluralofar

Anagrams

• -sar,ras

Tok Pisin

Noun

ars

1. (vulgar,anatomy)thearse.