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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• joint:
      1. 1. commissūra (gen. term): flexible j.s (of the fingers), molles c., Cic. N. D. 2, 60, init.: also of inanimate things, as the seams of ships, Plin. 16, 36, 64.
      2. 2. artĭcŭlus (of animated bodies, including the parts of the bones at the joint, or the bone itself where small: whereas commissura is the seam only): the j. by which the neck is connected with the head, a. quo jungitur capiti cervix, Liv. 27, 49, init.: the fingers have three j.s, digiti a. habent ternos, Plin. 11, 43, 99: also of plants, Cic. Sen. 15, 53.
      3. 3. nōdus (like preced.): cf. Caes. B. G. 6, 27 crura sine nodis articulisque habent (alces): v. knot.
      4. 4. internōdium (in plants: the part between two knots, nodi): the j.s of a reed, arundinis internodia, Plin. 7, 2, 2 § 21.
      5. 5. gĕnĭcŭlum (in plants = nodus): Plin. 26, 11, 71.
      6. 6. vertĭcŭla, vertĭcŭlus (a joint on which part of an organism turns; usu. pl.): of the spine, Solin. (verticuli); of machinery, Vitr. 10, 8 (13), 1 (verticulae).
      7. 7. vertĕbra (specially, of the spine = spond[)y]lus; but also any joint): cf. Sen. Ep. 78, 8, podagra et chiragra et omnis vertebrarum dolor: Plin.: v. vertebra.
      8. 8. junctūra (= commissura): Ov.
      9. 9. coagmentum (in carpentry, etc.): Pl.: Caes. Full of j.s, articulosus, Plin.: joint by joint, articulatim, Pl.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• JOINT
commissura (general term for every kind of joining; also of the limbs of the human body): artus: articulus (joint by which the limbs are connected with each other, or with the rest of the body; artus, sing., not found till the late poets of the Silver Age. (The words are found in this connection and order.) commissurae et artus): vertebra (joint that facilitates the motion of the limbs, especially of the joints of the spine; ☞ Plin., 11, 46, 106): spondylus (joint of the spine and neck): colligatio: verticula (joint in carpentry, architecture, machinery, etc.; colligatio, as simply joining; verticula, as facilitating motion, turning; ☞ Vitr. 10, 1, 2; 10, 8, 1): cardo (hinge-joint): nodus: articulus: geniculum (joint or knot in plants).