arcus

Definitions

Examples

• Cum hoc arcus ejus extenditur, et primo sagittam in partem contrariam transmittit, et unum interficit.

• The frustules are curved or arcuate (arcus, a bow) in the side view, oblong and narrowed at the ends in the front view.

• Du Cange gives arcus sellae equestris as one of the meanings of circus.

• They are called arcus horarum inequalium, as they shew the 'houres inequales.'

• Its claim, as the parent of projectile implements, is recognized in the common etymology of arcus, arcualia—artillery.