ἀρτηρία. [140] 21, [142] 4, [144] 5, 20, [148] 17. Windpipe. Lat. arteria.
ἀρχαϊσμός. [212] 23. A touch of antiquity. Lat. sermonis prisci imitatio. Cp. ἀρχαϊκός, [216] 20, [228] 8. So ἀρχαιοπρεπῆ σχήματα ([236] 8) = figurae orationis quae vetustatem redolent. As Quintilian (viii. 3. 27) says, “quaedam tamen adhuc vetera vetustate ipsa gratius nitent.” Cp. D.H. p. 186 (s.v. ἀρχαιοπρεπής) and Demetr. p. 269 (s.v. ἀρχαιοειδής): also de Demosth. c. 48.
ἀρχαί. [136] 22, [140] 13. First beginnings. Lat. principia.
ἄσεμνος. [110] 20, [170] 20, [176] 12, [192] 11. Undignified. Lat. dignitatis expers, minime venerandus. Cp. D.H. p. 269.
ἄσημος. [256] 22, [262] 6. Unnoticed. Lat. obscurus.
ἄσιγμος. [148] 1. Without a sigma. Lat. carens littera sigma.
ᾆσμα. [196] 2. Song, lay. Lat. carmen, canticum.
ἀσύμμετρος. [124] 8, [236] 1. Incommensurable, disproportionate, incorrect. Lat. incommensurabilis, sine iusta proportione, inconcinnus. So ἀσυμμετρία [232] 19. Some good illustrations (drawn from Cicero) of constructions symétriques will be found in Laurand’s Études sur le style des discours de Cicéron pp. 118-21.
ἀσύμμικτος. [218] 12. Unblended, or incapable of being blended. Lat. non permixtus, s. qui permisceri non potest.