arm Copy link Outline I. A limb of the human body1. brāchium (prop. the fore-arm, from the wrist to the elbow; but it more usu. denotes the whole arm)2. lăcertus (prop. the part between the elbow and the shoulder; but often used for the whole arm)3. hŭmĕrus, prop. the shoulder, sometimes used poetically for lăcertus, Stat.--Note. Hŭmĕrus is the shoulder of a man, armus of a quadrupedII. Any object analogous to an armIII. A weaponIV. Part, department (milit. t. t.)V. Power (q. v.) • arm: I. A limb of the human body: 1. brāchium (prop. the fore-arm, from the wrist to the elbow; but it more usu. denotes the whole arm): the fore and upper a.s, brachia et lacerti, Ov.: he attempted to throw his a.s about his father's neck, conatus est collo patris dare brachia circum, Virg.: to break an a., b. frangere, Cic.: to keep time with the movement of the a.s, brachia in numerum jactare, Lucr. Fig.: the sea had stretched out its a.s, brachia porrexerat Amphitrite, Ov.: cf. inf. (II.) Phr.: the tendon of the a., nervus brachialis, Pl.: the thickness of an a., brachialis crassitudo, Plin.: a small or delicate a., brachiŏlum, Cat. 2. lăcertus (prop. the part between the elbow and the shoulder; but often used for the whole arm): the fore-arms are placed below the upper-arms, subjecta lacertis brachia sunt, Ov.: Milo renowned for his sides and arms, Milo nobilitatus ex lateribus et l. suis, Cic.: snow-white a.s, nivei l., Virg. 3. hŭmĕrus, prop. the shoulder, sometimes used poetically for lăcertus, Stat.--Note. Hŭmĕrus is the shoulder of a man, armus of a quadruped: see shoulder. Phr.: the republic will receive Pompey's son with open a.s, Pompeii filium respublica sinu complexuque recipiet, Cic. Phil. 13, 4, 9: to sit with folded a.s, compressis manibus sedere, Liv.: I have carried him when a little boy in my a.s, puerum tantillum in manibus gestavi, Ter.: to carry a bundle under one's a., sub ala fasciculum portare, Hor.: who is this walking with his a.s akimbo? quis hic ansatus ambulat? Pl. (comicè): v. hand, embrace, protection. II. Any object analogous to an arm: (a). an a. of a tree, brāchĭum: the oak shakes its a.s, quatit brachia quercus, Cat.: v. bough, branch. (b). an a. of the sea (v. supr. I. 1): v. estuary. (c). the a. of an anchor: dens: v. fluke. Phr.: an anchor with two a.s, ancora bidens, Plin. (d). the a.s of polypi: v. feelers. (e). the a. of a chair, ancōn, ōnis, m.; Coel. Aur. III. A weapon: tēlum, armă: v. arms, weapon. IV. Part, department (milit. t. t.): Phr.: artillery is a very important a. in all modern armies, *tormentorum bombardicorum apud omnes recentiores exercitus usus est maximus. V. Power (q. v.): brāchĭum: to lend one's a.s to a crime, brachia sceleri praebere, Ov. Phr.: to deliver any one over to the secular a., *aliquem magistratui ad poenas sumendas, ad supplicia, tradere: v. power.