the nimble tongue articulates

artĭcŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [articulus], lit. to divide into single members or joints; used only trop. of discourse, to utter distinctly, to articulate:

hasce voces mobilis articulat verborum daedala lingua,

the nimble tongue articulates, Lucr. 4, 551:

verba,

App. Flor. 12, p. 349, 5:

sonos,

Arn. 3, p. 111.—Hence, artĭcŭlātus, a, um, P.a., prop., furnished with joints; hence distinct:

verba, Sol. c. 65: vox,

Arn. 7, p. 217, and in gram.:

articulata (vox) est, quae coartata, hoc est copulata, cum aliquo sensu mentis ejus, qui loquitur, profertur,

Prisc. p. 537 P.; so Isid. Orig. 1, 14.—

* Adv.: artĭcŭlātē, distinctly, articulately:

loqui,

Gell. 5, 9, 2.