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==English==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|en|la|articulus}}. {{doublet|en|article}}.

===Noun===
{{en-noun|articuli}}

# {{lb|en|zoology}} A [[joint]] of the [[cirri]] of the [[Crinoidea]].
# {{lb|en|zoology}} A [[joint]] or [[segment]] of an [[arthropod]] [[appendage]].

====Translations====
{{trans-top|a joint of the cirri of a crinoid}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|artículo|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|artículo|}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{Webster 1913}}

==Latin==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|la|articlus||late, proscribed}}

===Etymology===
{{root|la|ine-pro|*h₂er-}}
Diminutive from {{affix|la|artus|t1=joint; limbs|-culus}}. In the grammatical sense, it is a {{sl|la|grc|ἄρθρον|nocap=1}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|articulus}}

===Noun===
{{la-noun|articulus<2>}}

# a [[point]] [[connecting]] [[various]] [[parts]] of the [[body]]; [[joint]], [[knot]], [[knuckle]].
# a [[limb]], [[member]], [[finger]]
# {{lb|la|grammar}} a [[short]] [[clause]]; a [[single]] [[word]]; [[pronoun]], [[pronominal]] [[adjective]] or [[article]]
# {{lb|la|figuratively}} a [[member]], [[part]], [[division]], [[point]], [[article]]
# {{lb|la|figuratively}} a [[point]] in [[time]], [[moment]]; [[division]] of time, [[space]]
# {{lb|la|mathematics}} a [[positive]] [[decimal]] [[integer]] consisting of a non-zero [[digit]] multiplied by a positive integral [[power]] of [[ten]].
#* '''1544''', [[w:Orontius Finaeus]], ''Arithmetica Practica'', liber I, cap. 1 [https://books.google.com/books?id=4iwPAAAAQAAJ&dq=fractiones&pg=PT169#v=onepage&q=cifra&f=false]
#*: {{quote|la|'''Articulus''' vero dicitur numerus, qui ex decem unitatibus, vel binariis, aut ternariis, aliisve decuplatis consurgit numeris: cuiusmodi sunt decem, viginti, triginta, quadraginta, quinquaginta, centum, mille, et similes numeri in naturali serie articulatim distributi.
|translation=A number is called an '''article''', on the other hand, when it is arisen from a single ten, or a double ten, or a triple ten, or other ten-fold numbers: of which are ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, one hundred, one thousand, and similar numbers distributed point by point in natural series.}}

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|articulus<2>}}

====Derived terms====
* ''(grammar)'' {{l|la|articulus dēfīnītus}}, {{l|la|articulus indēfīnītus}}; {{l|la|articulus praepositīvus}}, {{l|la|articulus postpositīvus}}
* {{l|la|articulāris}}
* {{l|la|articulō}}
* {{l|la|articulōsus}}

====Related terms====
{{rel3|la
|articulāmentum|articulārius|articulātē|articulātim|articulātiō|articulātus|artus
}}

====Descendants====
{{top3}}
;Inherited
* {{desc|fro|arteil}}
** {{desc|fr|arteil|orteil|t2=toe}}
** {{desc|it|artiglio|t=claw, talon|bor=1|unc=1}}
* {{desc|ca|artell|t=knuckle, joint of a toe or a finger}}
* {{desc|gl|artello|ortello|t2=ankle, knuckle, joint, hock}}
* {{desc|oc|artelh|t=toe}}
* {{desc|pt|artelho|t=toe}}
* {{desc|scn|artigghiu}}
* {{desc|es|artejo|t=knuckle}}
;Borrowed
* {{desc|an|articlo|lbor=1}}
* {{desc|ca|article|lbor=1}}
* {{desc|eo|artiko|bor=1}}
* {{desc|fro|article|lbor=1}}
** {{desctree|fr|article}}
** {{desc|enm|article|bor=1}}
*** {{desc|en|article}}
* {{desc|fur|articul|lbor=1}}
* {{desc|gl|artigo<slb>|artículo<lbor>}}
* {{desctree|de|Artikel|g=m|lbor=1}}
* {{desc|sga|articol|bor=1}}
** {{desc|ga|airteagal|airceadal}}
** {{desc|gd|airteagal}}
* {{desc|it|articolo|slb=1}}
* {{desc|lld|articul|lbor=1}}
* {{desc|lb|Artikel|lbor=1}}
* {{desc|oc|artícol|article|lbor=1}}
* {{desc|pl|artykuł|lbor=1}}
** {{desc|ru|арты́кул|qq=obsolete}}
* {{desc|pt|artigo<slb>|artículo<lbor>}}
* {{desc|ro|articol|lbor=1}}
* {{desc|scn|artìculu|lbor=1}}
* {{desc|es|artículo|lbor=1}}
* {{desc|cel-bry-pro|*ėrθɨgl|bor=1}}
** {{desc|wlm|erthigyl}}
*** {{desc|cy|erthygl}}
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===References===
* {{R:L&S}}
* {{R:Elementary Lewis}}
* {{R:du Cange}}
* {{R:Gaffiot}}
* {{R:M&A}}

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