adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
artificiōsus
artificiōsus (feminine artificiōsa, neuter artificiōsum, comparative artificiōsior, superlative artificiōsissimus)
Classical[ar.tɪ.fɪ.kiˈoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[ar.ti.fi.t͡ʃiˈɔː.s̬us]
Meaning
- adjectivefull of skill, skilful, artful, ingenious
- adjectiveaccording to the rules of art
- adjectivemade with art; artificial, unnatural
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | artificiōsus | artificiōsa | artificiōsum |
| genitive | artificiōsī | artificiōsae | artificiōsī |
| dative | artificiōsō | artificiōsae | artificiōsō |
| accusative | artificiōsum | artificiōsam | artificiōsum |
| ablative | artificiōsō | artificiōsā | artificiōsō |
| vocative | artificiōse | artificiōsa | artificiōsum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | artificiōsī | artificiōsae | artificiōsa |
| genitive | artificiōsōrum | artificiōsārum | artificiōsōrum |
| dative | artificiōsīs | artificiōsīs | artificiōsīs |
| accusative | artificiōsōs | artificiōsās | artificiōsa |
| ablative | artificiōsīs | artificiōsīs | artificiōsīs |
| vocative | artificiōsī | artificiōsae | artificiōsa |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- artificiose redigere aliquid
- to treat with scientific exactness; to classify.
artĭfĭcĭōsus, a, um, adj. artificium.
I. A.. Act., accomplished in art, skilful, artistic (perh. found only in Cic. and Auct. ad Her.):
rhetores elegantissimi atque artificiosissimi, Cic. Inv. 1, 35 fin.: quod si artificiosum est intellegere, quae sunt ex arte scripta, multo est artificiosius ipsum scribere ex arte, Auct. ad Her. 4, 4, 7: ipsius mundi natura non artificiosa solum, sed plane artifex, Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58: Zeno naturam ita definit, ut eam dicat ignem esse artificiosum ad gignendum progredientem viā, id. ib. 2, 22, 58, § 57.—B. Pass. (cf. artifex, II. B.), on which much art has been bestowed, made with art, artificial, ingenious:
utraeque (sc. venae et arteriae) vim quandam incredibilem artificiosi operis divinique testantur, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138: Epicurus autem nec non volt, si possit, plane et aperte loqui: nec de re obscurā, ut physici; aut artificiosā, ut mathematici, id. Fin. 2, 5, 15.—II. According to the rules of art, artificial (esp. freq. in opp. to naturalis, natural):
ea genera divinandi non naturalia, sed artificiosa dicuntur, Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72; so several times Auct. ad Her. 3, 16 sq. al. —Adv.: artĭfĭcĭōsē, in skilful manner, skilfully: digerere aliquid, Cic. de Or. 1, 41, 186: dicere aliquid, id. Fin. 3, 9, 32: ambulare, id. N. D. 3, 11, 27: commutare aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 3, 10, 17.—Comp.: multo artificiosius efficere aliquid, Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 57.—Sup.: artificiosissime facere, Auct. ad Her. 4, 4, 7.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
artificiōsus adj. with comp. and sup.
artificium, full of skill, skilful, artistic: rhetores artificiosissimi. — Skilfully wrought, artistic: opus: est artificiosius (with inf.), Her.—Artificial: genera divinandi: memoria, Her.
Origins
From artificium (“skill”) + -ōsus.
Descendants
- Catalanartificiós
- Frenchartificieux
- Italianartificioso
- Portugueseartificioso
- Romanianartificios
- Spanishartificioso
- Galicianartificioso
- Sicilianartificiusu