artere

See also: artére and artère

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Late Middle English arterie, borrowing from Old French artaire and Latin artēria (a windpipe; an artery), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (artēríā, windpipe; artery).

Noun

artere (plural arteres)

  1. (archaic, obsolete) sinew, ligament, tendon, artery
    • c. 1599-1601, Shakespeare, Hamlet, act I, scene iv, lines 81–83:
      My fate cries out
      And makes each petty artere in this body
      As hardy as the Nemean lion's nerve.

Latin

Verb

artēre

  1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of artō

Middle French

Noun

artere f (plural arteres)

  1. artery

Old French

Noun

artere oblique singular, f (oblique plural arteres, nominative singular artere, nominative plural arteres)

  1. artery
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