artery Copy link Outline 1. artērĭa2. vēna (used of all the blood-vessels) • artery: 1. artērĭa: an a. when divided does not unite, a. incisa non coit, Cels. (But in Cic. arteria is the wind-pipe: q. v.) 2. vēna (used of all the blood-vessels): if any one's a.s pulsate in this way, he has a fever, si cui venae sic moventur, is habet febrem, Cic.: if the a.s pulsate irregularly, si v. non aequis intervallis moventur, Cels.