arthrous

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron, “a joint”) +‎ -ous.

Adjective

arthrous (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Of, pertaining to, or being the use of a term together with a grammatical article.
   • 1989, Brice L. Martin, Christ and the Law in Paul, Brill Archive, →ISBN, page 68:

     We have concluded that Paul does not distinguish between the arthrous and anarthrous use of nomos.

2. (specifically, of a term or phrase) Used with or headed by a grammatical article.
   • 2006, Gary A. Long, Grammatical Concepts 101 for Biblical Greek: Learning Biblical Greek Grammatical Concepts Through English Grammar, Hendrickson Publishers, →ISBN, page 148:

     One thing to understand is that Biblical Greek grammarians have simply found the phrase “predicate position” a convenient label to describe the word structure of
     demonstrative + arthrous noun (with article) or
     arthrous noun + demonstrative

Derived terms

• anarthrous
• arthrously

Related terms

• arthro-