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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)
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 quadruped
II. Any object analogous to an arm
III. A weapon
IV. 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.

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A. Trans.
B. Intrans.
I. to take one's a.s
II. In sense of making preparation for war

• arm (v.):

A. Trans.: armo, 1: slaves were a.'d against their masters, servi in dominos armabantur, Cic.: the place itself a.'d them with stones in abundance, saxis eos affatim locus ipse armabat, Liv.: to surround one's person with a.'d men, armatis corpus circumsepire, Liv. Fig.: to a. the rashness of an excited multitude with public authority, temeritatem concitatae multitudinis auctoritate publica a., Cic.: a very great and superior intellect has a.'d you for everything, te ad omnia summum atque excellens ingenium armavit, Cic.: rage a.'d Archilochus with the fitting iambus, Archilochum proprio rabies armavit iambo, Hor. Phr.: we a.'d him then that we might now have to fight with him well prepared, illi tunc arma dedimus ut nunc cum bene parato pugnaremus, Cic.: of all the number about a fourth part was regularly a.'d., ex omni copia circiter pars quarta erat militaribus armis instructa, Sall.: light, heavy-a.'d, levis, gravis armatura; gravior armatus: v. LIGHT-ARMED, etc. Fig.: a.d with fortitude, tectus fortitudine, Cic.
B. Intrans.:

I. to take one's a.s: armor, 1: he orders the other cohorts to a., reliquas cohortes armari jubet, Caes.: prepare the young men to a., armari pubem para, Virg. Phr.: the king orders the men to a.. induere arma viros rex jubet, Ov.: in prose more freq. arma capere, Cic.: poet. accingi armis: v. to gird on.
II. In sense of making preparation for war: bellum parare, Caes.: he a.s again, ad integrum bellum cuncta parat, Sall.: the state is a.ing, ad arma it civitas: v. war.

R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)

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s. (1, a limb)
of men, brachium (from the hand to the elbow: often for the whole arm, when distinction is not necessary): lacertus (from the elbow to the shoulder: also for arm generally, especially when its strength or muscularity is meant): tori (the muscular arm of the Athletae). Relating to the arm, brachialis: having strong arms, lacertosus. With his arms a kimbo, ansatus (Plaut., Pers., 2, 5, 7): to carry anything under one’s arm, aliquid sub ala portare: what is carried under the arm (i. e., habitually), subalaris (telum. subalare, Nep.): to carry a child in one’s arm, puerum in manibus gestare: to take a child in one’s arms, puerum in manus accipere: to embrace any body with one’s arms, aliquem medium complecti: to clasp in one’s arms, arctius amplecti aliquem: to sink in anybody’s arms, manibus alicujus excipi. Observe, “arms” = “enfolding arms,” “embrace,” is mostly to be translated by complexus: to lie or be enfolded in anybody’s arms, haerere in alicujus complexu: to receire anybody in one’s arms, manibus aliquem excipere: to receive anybody with open arms, libens ac supinis manibus excipio aliquem: to die in anybody’s arms, in complexu alicujus emori or extremum vitae spiritumedere; inter alicujus manus exspirare; inter sublevantis manus exstingui: to tear children from the arms of their parents, liberos e parentum complexu abripere; liberos de parentum complexu avellere atque abstrahere: to support with one’s arms, aliquem sustinere (in walking, getting into a carriage, etc.): aliquem collapsum excipere (to raise one who had fallen): to fly to anybody’s arms (for protection), ad aliquem confugere; alicujus fidei se committere: se committere in fidem et clientelam alicujus (as a client to a patron): in alicujus sinum confugere (Silver Age).
IMPROPRE., power, strength, manus, potestas. Kings have long arms, longae regibus sunt manus (Ov.). The secular arm, imperium or potestas magistratuum.
Of a river, pars: cornu (winding arm, Ov.): caput (mouth: also, and more frequently, the head, source).
Of a mountain chain, brachium (Taurus brachia emittit, Plin.): ramus.
Of a tree, brachium: ramus [Vid: BRANCH].
Of a chair, ancon (Caelius Aurelianus, Tardae Passiones, 2, 1, 46).
In fortification, works to connect two points, brachium: more frequently, lingua (σκέλη).
Arm of a catapult, brachium.
Arms of a pair of scales, caput (Vitr., 8, 5, 3, Schneider).
Arms of an anchor, anchorae brachium or cornu.

v. Transitively, armare (to furnish with arms: then, to provide with what is necessary: against anybody, adversus aliquem): armis instruere (to furnish with arms): instruere: munire (to furnish with anything considered as a weapon).
Armed, armatus: in armis (ἐν ὅπλοις, in or under arms).
To arm one’s self against anything, praecavere aliquid: tutum or munitum esse ab aliqua re: se praeparare ad aliquid (to make preparations against): animum praeparare ad aliquid: se or animum componere ad aliquid (to prepare one’s mind against). Sometimes meditari aliquid: to be armed against anything, animo sum ad aliquid parato; tutum or munitum esse aliqua re: aliqua re se loricare (Plin.) [Vid. ARM, v., intransitive].
To clothe anybody with armor, lorica, thorace, cataphracta induere aliquem (according to the kind of armor meant).

v. Intransitively, arma sibi induere (to put on one’s armor): arma capere (to take to one’s weapons: prepare for war: for which ad arma or ad saga ire is also found): arma sumere (to take one’s weapons in ones hand to use them).
To be arming (of nations), bellum parare, apparare, comparare, adornare, instruere: belli apparatnm instruere; omnia, quae ad bellum pertinent, providere.

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I. nicht reich: pauper (der nur sein notdürftiges Auskommen hat, sich einschränken muß, ...
II. Mangel an etwas habend: ...
III. unglücklich: miser. misellus. ...

arm,

I. nicht reich: pauper (der nur sein notdürftiges Auskommen hat, sich einschränken muß, Ggstz. dives oder qui habet).
tenuis (dem die Glücksgüter nur dünn, spärlich zugemessen sind, Ggstz. locuples).
egens od. indigens (der an notwendigen oder doch an unentbehrlich gewordenen Bedürfnissen Mangel leidet, Ggstz. abundans, locuples, dives); verb. tenuis atque egens.
inops (hilflos u. hilfsbedürftig, Ggstz. opulentus).
mendīcus (bettelarm, Ggstz. dives, opulentus, opulentissimus).
etwas arm, pauperculus: sehr, ganz a., perpauper; egentissimus (v. einem Volke).
ein Armer (ein armer Mann), vir pauper; pauper quidam.
die Armen (die armen Leute), pauperes etc.; tenuis vitae homines
(die ein spärliches Auskommen haben).
die Ärmeren, tenuiores (Ggstz. locupletiores).
a. sein, in egestate esse oder versari; vgl. »in Armut leben« unter »Armut«: sehr, ganz a. sein, in summa egestate, mendicitate esse; omnium rerum inopem esse: a. werden, egentem fieri; ad inopiam redigi: jmd. a. machen, egestatem alci afferre; ad inopiam alqm redigere (an den Bettelstab bringen): einen Armen reich machen. egentem divitem facere; locupletem ex egenti efficere: tenuiorem locu pletare.

II. Mangel an etwas habend: inops alcis rei od. alqā re od. ab alqa re.
sterilis alcis rei oder ab alqa re (an etwas nicht fruchtbar, von etwas leer).
privatus od. spoliatus alqā re (einer Sache beraubt).
eine a. Sprache, inops lingua: a. an Wörtern, s. wortarm: a. an Worten, an Unterhaltung, s. wortkarg.

III. unglücklich: miser. misellus.
infelix (unglücklich).
miserandus (bemitleidenswert).
ein a. Schelm, homo misellus.
Adv.misere; infeliciter.

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I. eig.: brachium (von der Hand bis an den Ellbogen, Unterarm; auch oft vom ganzen Arm, wo es auf genaue Unterscheidung nicht ankommt). ...
II. übtr., bei lebl. Ggstndn.: ...
a. eines Flusses: pars. ...
b. des Meeres, eines Berges, eines Hafens, eines Befestigungswerkes: ...

Arm, der,

I. eig.: brachium (von der Hand bis an den Ellbogen, Unterarm; auch oft vom ganzen Arm, wo es auf genaue Unterscheidung nicht ankommt).
lacertus (Oberarm; aber, ohne Rücksicht, ob Ober- od. Unterarm zu bezeichnen sei, überall auch da, wo der Arm hinsichtlich seiner Stärke und Muskulosität bezeichnet werden soll).
manus, bes. im Plur. (die Hand mit dem Arme, da, wo die Hand der besonders tätige Teil ist, wie beim Halten, Tragen etc.).
ein niedlicher A., brachiolum.
A. in A. (v. zweien), amplexi od. complexi inter se u. alter alterum; im Zshg. auch bl. amplexi od. complexi: etwas unter dem A. tragen, alqd portare sub ala: jmd. auf den Armen tragen, in manibus gestare (z. B. puerum); alqm manibus sublevare, sustinere (mit den Händen aufrecht halten, einen Verwundeten etc.: auf den Armen getragen, auch inter manussublevatus): jmd. auf den Armen herumtragen, alqm manibus suis circumferre (z. B. puerum): jmd. auf den Armen wegtragen, alqm inter manus auferre (z. B. e proelio): jmd. auf die Arme nehmen, in manus accipere (z. B. puerum).
jmd. am A. nehmen, alqm amplecti: jmd. in die Arme nehmen, schließen, alqm complecti, amplecti: jmd. fest in die Arme schließen, artius amplecti alqm: jmdm. in die Arme sinken, manibus alcis excipi: jmd. in den Armen halten, alqm complexum tenere: alqm manibus sustinere, sublevare (mit den Händen aufrecht halten, z. B. einen Verwundeten): jmdm. in den Armen hängen, e manibus alcis sustinentis pendēre: jmdm. in den Armen liegen, haerere in alcis complexu: jmd. aus den Armen lassen, alqm ab amplexu suo dimittere: jmd. in den Armen auffangen, manibus alqm excipere: ich nehme jmd. mit offenen Armen auf, meo sinu ac complexu alqm recipio; libens ac supinis manibus alqm excipio.
in jmds. Armen, in alcis manibus (dah. in jmds. Armen u. an jmds. Brust, in alcis manibus et gremio, z. B. maerore et lacrimis consenescere): inter alcis manus; in complexu alcis: in jmds. Armen sterben, in complexu alcis emori od. extremum vitae spiritum edere; inter alcis manus exspirare (eines, der den Sterbenden aufrichtet u. stützt): einen in jmds. Armen töten, alqm in complexu alcis trucidare.
die Kinder aus den Armen der Eltern reißen, liberos e parentum complexu abripere; liberos de parentum complexu avellere atque abstrahere.
jmdm. unter die Arme greifen, alqm sustinere (stützen, beim Gehen, beim Aussteigen aus dem Wagen, aus der Sänfte etc.); alqm collapsum excipere (jmd. auffangen beim Fallen); alqm sublevare. alci su bvcuire. inopiam alcis levare (uneig., ihm beistehen, helfen); alci aliquid prae manu dare, unde utatur (jmd. beim Anfange einer eigenen Wirtschaft unterstützen): sich jmdm. in die Arme werfen, ad alqm confugere; alcis fidei se committere.
Sprichw., Könige haben lange Arme, longae regibus sunt manus (Ov. her. 16, 166).

II. übtr., bei lebl. Ggstndn.:

a. eines Flusses: pars.
caput (Mündung).
der Fluß teilt sich in zwei, in mehrere Arme, fluvius in duas partes dividitur, in plures partes diffluit.

b. des Meeres, eines Berges, eines Hafens, eines Befestigungswerkes: brachium.

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