ni nī (old orthography nei, v.in the foll.), adv. and conj. [identical with ne and the prim. form, whence nisi, i. e. si ni]. Adv., like ne, an absolutely negative particle, not. So only in the combinations, Quid ni? or, in one word, quidni? why not? quid ego ni ita censeam? Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 27: quid ego ni fleam?id. ib. 4, 8, 1: quidni, inquit, meminerim? etc., Auct. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 273 et saep.; v. quidni. Nimirum, lit. not wonderful; v. nimirum.Conj., like ne, in imperative and intentional clauses, not, that not (ante-class. and poet.): ni quid tibi hinc in spem referas,Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 3: vinum aliudve quid ni laudato, Varr. ap. Non. 281, 31: Numa constituit, ut pisces, qui squamosi non essent, ni pollucerent ... ni qui ad polluctum emerent, Cass. Hem. ap. Plin. 32, 2, 10, § 20; cf.: QVEM QVISQVE EORVM AGRVM POSIDEBIT, INVITIS EIS NIQVIS SICET NIVE PASCAT NIVE FRVATVR, etc.,Inscr. Orell. 3121, p. 40: IS EVM AGRVM NEI HABETO NIVE FRVIMINO, ib.: ROGO PER DEOS, NI VELITIS OSSA MEA VIOLARE,Inscr. Grut. 996, 12; Cenotaph. Pis. ap. Inscr. Orell. 643: (lege) edictā flemus diu, ni nos divideret,Prop. 2, 7, 2: obstabat vallum, ni instent acies,Sil. 1, 374 (al. ne): monent ... ni teneant cursus,Verg. A. 3, 686 (antiqui ni pro ne ponebant, Serv. ad loc.). As a conditional negative (= si non, nisi), if not, unless, but that. In gen. With indic.: SI IN IVS VOCAT, NI IT, ANTESTATOR, IGITVR EM CAPITO, if he summon him before court, if he go not, then he shall, etc., Tab. XII. 1 init.: nam ni illum recipit, nihil est quo me recipiam,Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 35: ni offerumentas habebis plures in tergo tuo, etc.,id. Rud. 3, 4, 48: mirum ni domi est,Ter. And. 3, 4, 19: moriar ni puto, etc.,Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 1: ni frustra augurium vani docuere parentes,Verg. A. 1, 392: si is homo moritur, probe factum ... ni moritur, tum, etc.,Liv. 8, 10, 12; 13. With subj.: quid ploras, pater? Mirum ni cantem: condemnatus sum, it's a wonder I don't sing (ironically), Nov. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 279: dicerem, quae ante futura dixissem, ni vererer, ne, etc.,Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 4: ni ita se res haberet,id. Tusc. 5, 39, 115; cf. id. Fin. 3, 20, 66: ni tamen exciderit, id. poët. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 73: ni faciat,Verg. A. 1, 58: omina ni repetant Argis numenque reducant,id. ib. 2, 178: nec Boi detrectāssent pugnam, ni fama ... animos fregisset,Liv. 32, 31, 2: ea se dicturum, quae ni fiant, nulla sit pacis condicio,id. 32, 33, 2; 2, 22, 1; 1, 22, 6. In partic. In formal lang. of law, in agreements, promises, stipulations, etc.: cum is sponsionem fecisset ni vir bonus esset,Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77: judicem ferre, ni vindicias dederit,Liv. 3, 57: tum illud quod dicitur sive nive irrident, etc.,Cic. Caecin. 23, 65: cedo qui cum habeam judicem, Ni dolo malo instipulatus sis. nive etiam dum siem Quinque et viginti annos natus,Plaut. Rud. 5, 3 (4), 25 (v. the passage in connection); so id. ib. 3, 4, 9: id ni fit, mecum pignus, si quis volt, dato in urnam mulsi, that it is not so, bet me, etc., id. Cas. prol. 75; id. Ep. 5, 2, 35; id. Poen. 5, 4, 72. Ni quis scivit (if any one has not voted), the name of a centuria created by Servius Tullius for those to vote in who had not voted in their own centuriae, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll. For nisi quod, Amm. 22, 11 fin. Ni forte, for nisi forte: ni forte satius est, etc.,Curt. 5, 25, 12 (Foss, nisi), Quint. 11, 2, 27.
nica nīcā, = νίκαε, νίκα, conquer! = vincas, a cry with which each party in the circus encouraged its favorite combatant, Inscr. Grut. 338, 2; Inscr. Fabr. p. 573, n. 54.
Nicaeus Nīcaeus, a, um, adj., = Νικαῖος (who grants victory), an epithet of Jupiter: ad templum Jovis, quem Nicaeum vocant,Liv. 43, 21, 8.
Nicander Nīcander, dri, m., = Νίκανδρος. A physician, poet, and grammarian of Colophon, Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 69; Macr. S. 5, 21, 12.A Roman surname, Inscr. Maff. Mus. Ver. 274, 4.
Nicanor Nīcānor, ŏris, m., = Νικάνωρ. A grammarian, Suet. Gram. 5.A ceiebrated painter, Plin. 35, 11, 39, § 122.A roman surname, Inscr. Murat. 26, 3.
Nicarchus Nīcarchus, i, m., = Νίκαρχος, a Roman surname, Inscr. Grut. 650, 4.
Nicarium Nīcărium, ii, = Νικάριον, a female surname, Inscr. Maff. Mus. Ver. 133, 3.
Nicator Nīcātor, ŏris, m., = Νικήτωρ (victor). An epithet given to the members of King Perseus's body-guard: cohors regia, quos Nicatoras appellant,Liv. 43, 19, 11.A surname of the Seleucidæ, Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 31.
Nicephorius Nīcēphŏrĭus, ii, m. (Nīcēphŏrĭon, ōnis, m., Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 129). The bringer of victory, a surname of Jupiter, Spart. Hadr. 2, 9.A river in Armenia, near Tigranocerta, Tac. A. 15, 4.
Nicephorus Nīcēphŏrus, i, m., = Νικηφόρος (who brings victory), a Roman surname, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 4; Inscr. Murat. 83, 3.
Nicer Nīcer, cri, m., the river Neckar, Eum. Pan. Const. 19; Aus. Mos. 423; Sid. 7, 324.
niceterium nīcētērĭum, ii, n., = νικητήριον, the prize of victory, Juv. 3, 68.
Nicetianus Nīcētĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Nicetius: hereditas,Sid. Ep. 3, 1.
Nicias Nīcĭas, ae, m., = Νικίας. A celebrated Athenian statesman and general, who fell in the expedition against Sicily, Nep. Alcib. 3, 1; Just. 4, 4, 3. Nicias Curtius, a grammarian, a companion of Cicero in Cilicia, Cic. Fam. 9, 10, 1; id. Att. 7, 3, 10; 13, 28, 3; 14, 9, 3.
nico nĭco, ci, 3, v. n.root gnic-, gnig-; Germ. neigen; cf. conivere (for cognigvere), to close (the eyelids), shut fast; v. also nitor, nixus, to beckon, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 63 and 64.
Nico Nīco (Nīcon, Inscr. Grut. 656, 5), ōnis, m., = Νίκων. A physician, Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 3.A famous pirate, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 79.
Nicocles Nīcocles, is, m., = Νικοκλῆς, a tyrant of Sicyon, overthrown by Aratus, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81.
Nicolaus Nīcŏlāus, i, m., = Νικόλαος, a Peripatetic philosopher from Damascus, a friend of Augustus; hence, Nīcolāus, a, um, adj., of Nicolaus: dactyli Nicolai,
Nicomedia Nīcŏmēdīa, ae, f., = Νικομήδεια, the capital of Bithynia, now Izmid, Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149; Amm. 22, 9, 3; Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45. Hence, Nīcŏmēdenses, ĭum, m., the Nicomedians, Plin. et Traj. Ep. 37 (46), 1; Dig. 50, 9, 5; Inscr. Grut. 389, 2.
Nicon Nīcon, ōnis, v. 2. Nico.
nicophoros nīcŏphŏros, i, m., = νικόφορος, a kind of bind-weed, withwind: milax quoque, qui et nicophoros nominatur,Plin. 24, 10, 49, § 82 (Jahn, anthophoros).
Nicopolis Nīcŏpŏlis, is, f., = Νικόπολις, the name of several cities, among them a city of Epirus, founded by Augustus to commemorate the battle of Actium, now Prevesa Vecchia, or Paleo-prevesa, Tac. A. 2, 53; Suet. Aug. 18. Also a city in Lesser Armenia, built by Pompey, Auct. B. Alex. 36.
Nicopolitanus Nīcŏpŏlītānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nicopolis, Nicopolitan: civitas,Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5. Nīcŏpŏlītāni, ōrum, m., the Nicopolitans, in Lower Moesia, Inscr. Grut. 527, 7.
nicto nicto, āvi, ātum, 1, and ĕre, 3, v. n., and nictor, ātus, v. dep. n. [1. nico], to move the eyelids. Lit., to move the eyelids up and down, to wink, blink: plerisque naturale ut nictari (al. nictare) non cessent,Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 144; 11, 37, 57, § 156. Form nicto, ĕre: (canis) voce suā nictit ululatque ibi acute, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll. (Ann. v. 346 Vahl.).To make a sign with the eyes, to wink: neque illa ulli homini nutet, nictet, annuat,Plaut. As. 4, 1, 39; id. Men. 4, 2, 49; id. Merc. 2, 3, 72.Transf., of fire: nictantia fulgura flammae,
flashing
,Lucr. 6, 182.Trop., to exert one's self, to strive: nictare et oculorum et aliorum membrorum nisu saepe aliquid conari, dictum est ab antiquis, ut Lucretius in libro quarto (6, 836): Hic ubi nictari nequeunt (Lachm. nixari): Caecilius in Hymnide: Garrulis medentes jactent, sine nictentur perticis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll.
nidipantis nidipantis, a mutilated epithet of cassia, Veg. Vet. 4, 13.
nidor nīdor, ōris, m.cf. Gr. κνίσσα for κνιδια, a vapor, steam, smell, from any thing boiled, roasted, burned, etc.: nidoris odores, Lucr 6, 987: galbaneus,Verg. G. 3, 415: pinguescant madidi laeto nidore Penates,Mart. 7, 27, 5; Plin. 24, 15, 85, § 135: nocturnumque recens exstinctum lumen ubi acri Nidore offendit nares,Lucr. 6, 792: ganearum nidor atque fumus,Cic. Pis. 6, 13: foedus quidam nidor ex adustā plumā,Liv. 38, 7; Plin. 13, 1, 1, § 2: captus nidore culinae,Juv. 5, 162: nidor e culinā, said of a slave who hangs constantly about the kitchen,
nidulor nīdŭlor, āri, v. dep. n. and a. [nidus]. Neutr., to build a nest: halcyones hieme in aquā nidulantur, Varr. ap. Non. 145, 7; and Gell. 3, 10, 5; 2, 29, 4.Act. aliquem, to make a nest for one: contra rigorem hiemis vermiculos fetus sui nidulantur,Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 98.
nidulus nīdŭlus, i, m.dim.id., a little nest.Lit.: Ithacam illam, in asperrimis saxulis, tamquam nidulum, affixam,Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 196; Gell. 2, 29, 2.Trop., a place of retirement: senectutis, Auct. ap. Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 1: opuscula mea, quia plurima evolaverunt de nidulo suo,Hier. Ep. 47, 3.
,Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 21.Transf.The young birds in a nest (poet.): nidi loquaces,Verg. A. 12, 475; id. G. 4, 17: nidi queruli,Sen. Herc. Fur. 148.Transf. Of three children at a birth: loquax,Juv. 5, 143.A litter of pigs in a sty, Col. 7, 9, 13.A receptacle, case, for books or goods, Mart. 1, 118, 15; 7, 17, 5.A dwelling, residence, house, home: tu nidum servas,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 6: celsae Acherontiae,id. C. 3, 4, 14 (cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 196): senectae,Aus. Mos. 449: nequitiae nidum fecit,Pub. Syr. Sent. v. 10 Rib.A vessel in the shape of a nest, a bowl, goblet: nidus potilis, Varr. ap. Non. 145, 3 (Sat. Men. 77, 8).
Nigellio Nĭgellĭo, ōnis, m.nigellus, swarthy, a Roman surname, Inscr. Gud. 310, 7.
,Prop. 2, 20, 68 (3, 23, 10). Prov.: facere candida de nigris; nigra in candida vertere,
to turn black into white
,Juv. 3, 29; cf. Ov. M. 11, 315. Subst.: nĭgrum, i, n., a black spot, Ov. A. A. 1, 291.Trop.Of or pertaining to death: nigrorumque memor, dum licet, ignium (= lugubris rogi),
nigredo nī^grēdo, ĭnis, f.niger, blackness, black color (post-class.): capilli corvinā nigredine,App. M. 2, p. 118, 31: nigredo ollae,Vulg. Nah. 2, 10; Mart. Cap. 2, § 137: atrae noctis,id. 1, § 67.
nigrefacio nī^grefacĭo, ēre, v. a.1. niger-facio, to make black, to blacken: nigrefacio, μελανοποιῶ, Vet. Gloss. Pass.: nigrĕfīo, to become black, Theod. Prisc. 1, 5.
nigreo nī^grĕo, ēre, v. n.1. niger, to be black (ante-class.): solis occasu nigret, Pac. ap. Non. 144, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 88 Rib.): nimbis nigret, opp. splendet,Att. ib. 13 (Trag. Rel. v. 260 Rib.).
Nigrianus Nī^grĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to M. Pescennius Niger, the rival of Septimius Severus, Tert. ad Scap. 3.
nigricans nī^grĭcans, antis, P. a., v. nigrico fin.
nigrico nī^grĭco, āre, v. n.1. niger, to be blackish (post-Aug.): epimelas fit, cum in candidā gemmā superne nigricat colos,Plin. 37, 10, 58 fin.; cf. Not. Tir. p. 128. Hence, nĭgrĭcans, antis, P. a., blackish, swarthy: Tyrius color nigricans aspectu,Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 135; 36, 26, 66, § 193.
nigricolor nī^grĭcŏlor, ōris, adj.1. niger-color, = μελάγχροος, of a black color: facies,Sol. 2.
nigriculus nī^grĭcŭlus, a, umdim. of niger, blackish, dark, swarthy, Varr. L. L. 8, 40, § 79.
nigridius nī^gridĭus, a, um, adj.1. niger, blackish, Not. Tir. p. 128.
nigrifico nī^grĭfĭco, āre, v. a.1. niger-facio, to make black, to blacken: dentes,Marc. Emp. 35.
Nigrinus Nī^grīnus, i, m., Nī^grīna, ae, f.1. niger, swarthy, a Roman surname: C Pontius Nigrinus,Suet. Tib. 73. Fem.: Nigrina,Mart. 4, 75; Inscr. Grut. 430, 3.
nigro nī^gro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [id.]. Neutr., to be black: ea, quae nigrant nigro de semine nata,Lucr. 2, 733.Act., to make black, to blacken. Lit.: mgrāsset sibi planctu lacertos,Stat. S. 2, 6, 83.Trop., to make dark, to darken: nigrati ignorantiae tenebris,Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 8. Hence, nī^grans, antis, P. a., black, dark-colored, dusky: nigrantia boum cornua, Varr R. R. 2, 5: nigrantes terga juvenci,Verg. A. 5, 97: nigrantes alae,Ov. M. 2, 535: nigrantes domos ammarum intrāsse silentūm,Prop. 3, 12, 33 (4, 11, 33): nigrante profundo,
nigror nī^gror, ōris, m.1. niger, blackness (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): noctis, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24; Lucil. ap. Non. 515, 5: mortis,Lucr. 3, 39: nigrorem in ulceribus excitat,Cels. 2, 1: rubidus est rufus, atrore et nigrore multo mixtus,Gell. 2, 26, 14.
nihil nĭhil, or (ante-class. and post-Aug.) contr. nīl, n.indecl.; and nĭhĭlum, or contr. nīlum, i, n.ne-hilum, not the least; v. hilum. nĭhil, nothing: nihil est agriculturā melius, nihil uberius,Cic. Off. 1, 42, 151: de re publicā nihil loquebantur,id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 4. Nihil agere, to accomplish nothing: nil agis,Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 134: nihil agis dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61: nihil ergo agebat Q. Maximus? nihil L. Paulus? ceteri senes nihil agebant?id. Sen. 6, 15; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; Hor. S. 1, 9, 15; Luc. 7, 809; Vell. 2, 66, 3. In like manner, nihil per aliquem (sc. agere): nihil per Senatum, multa et magna per populum et absente populo et invito,Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6; Tac. Agr. 19. Of persons: victor, quo nihil erat moderatius,Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 2: ita tibi persuadeas, mihi te carius nihil fuisse,id. ib. 14, 3, 5: nihil est tam miserabile, quam ex beato miser,id. Part. 17, 57; Tac. H. 1, 79; Nep. Alcib. 1, 1. Nihil, nec. . nec (without destroying the negation): nihil me nec subterfugere voluisse reticendo, nec obscurare dicendo,Cic. Clu. 1, 1; v. neque. (ε) Nihil non, everything: nihil non ad rationem dirigebat,Cic. Brut. 37, 140: nihil non arroget armis,Hor. A. P. 122; Nep. Att. 19, 3. (ζ) Non nihil and haud nihil, something, somewhat: non nihil, ut in tantis malis, est profectum,Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 2: non nihil me consolatur, cum recordor,id. ib. 4, 14, 2: haud nihil,Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 13: haud nihil ambigam,
I may be somewhat in doubt
,Liv. 1, 3. (η) Nihil quidquam or nihil unum, nothing whatever, nothing at all: nil ego tibi hodie consili quicquam dabo,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 113: sine studio nihil quidquam egregium nemo umquam assequetur,Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 134: Rhodiis ut nihil unum insigne, ita omnis generis dona dedit,Liv. 41, 20, 7: si nihil aliud,
if there were nothing else
,id. 3, 19, 7; 30, 35, 8. (θ) With gen.: nihil mali,Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2: nihil novi,id. Fam. 2, 14, 1: nihil humanarum rerum,id. Red. Quir. 5, 1: nihil est lucri quod me hodie facere mavelim, quam,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 18. Adjectives also, of the second declension as well as of the third, are not unfrequently joined to nihil in the same case, as nihil honestum, lautum, forte, illustre: nihil exspectatione vestrā dignum dico,Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137. (ι) Nihil, or nihil aliud, with nisi, quam, praeter, praeterquam, etc., nothing else than, nothing except, nothing but: tu, quantus quantus, nihil nisi sapientia es,Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 40: amare nihil aliud est, nisi eum ipsum diligere, quem ames,Cic. Lael. 27, 100: si nihil aliud fecerunt, nisi rem detulerunt, etc.,id. Rosc. Am. 37, 108: ut nihil aliud, quam de hoste cogitet,id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64: nihil tibi deest praeter voluntatem,
nothing except
,id. Fam. 4, 7, 3: puto te existimare, me ex his miseriis nihil aliud quaerere, nisi ut homines intellegant, etc.,id. ib. 2, 16: qui nihil praeterquam de vitā cogitarent, Auct. B. Alex. 8. Sometimes, in this connection, elliptically: Herdonius, si nihil aliud, hostem se fatendo prope denuntiavit, ut, etc.,Liv. 3, 19, 6: si nihil aliud, vulneribus certe ferrum hostile hebetarent,id. 30, 35, 8: illā quidem nocte nihil praeterquam vigilatum est in urbe,id. 3, 26; Suet. Aug. 83. Hence, as adv.: nihil aliud quam, only: nihil aliud quam prendere prohibito,Liv. 2, 29, 4: is intromissus in castra nihil aliud quam hoc narrāsse fertur,id. 2, 32, 8: nihil aliud quam in populationibus res fuit,id. 2, 49, 9 al. (κ) Nihil ... quin or quominus, nothing whereby: nihil praetermisi ... quin Pompeium a Caesaris conjunctione avocarem, I have omittednothing that might separate, Cic. Phil. 2, 10, 23: nihil moror, quominus decemviratu abeam,Liv. 3, 54: nihil facere oportet, quominus excedat, etc.,Cels. 3, 27, 4. (λ) Nihil est quod, cur, quamobrem, etc., there is no reason why I (you, etc.) need not: nihil est jam, quod tu mihi succenseas,Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 46: nihil est, quod adventum nostrum extimescas,Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 4: sed ego nunc nil est, cur me morer,Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 102: nihil est, cur advenientibus te offerre gestias,Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 1: nihil excogitem, quamobrem Oppianico damnari necesse sit?id. Clu. 26, 70. (μ) Nihil est, ut, there is nothing that: nihil fuit in Catulis, ut eos exquisito judicio putares uti litterarum,Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133. (ν) Nihil est, it is of no use, to no purpose, in vain: at ego ab hac puerum reposcam, ne mox infitias eat. Nihil est. Nam ipsa haec ultro, ut factum est, fecit omnem rem palam,Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 76: at nihil est, ignotum ad illum mittere: operam luseris. id. Capt. 2, 2, 94; Hor. S. 2, 3, 6. In a question: usque adeo nihil est, quod nostra infantia caelum hausit Aventini?Juv. 3, 84. (ο) Nihil ad me (sc. pertinet): recte an secus, nihil ad nos: aut si ad nos, nihil ad hoc tempus,Cic. Pis. 28, 68; cf. Ter. And. 1, 2, 16; also, nihil ad, nothing to, nothing in comparison with: nihil ad Persium,Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 25; id. Leg. 1, 2, 6: nihil ad tuum equitatum, Caesar, sed ex eis, quos habuit, electos,id. Deiot. 8, 24. (π) Nihil minus, nothing less so, i. e. by no means, not at all: cadit ergo in virum bonum mentiri, fallere? nihil minus,Cic. Off. 3, 20, 81: an Gallos existimatis hic versari animo demisso atque humili? nihil vero minus,id. Font. 11, 23. (ρ) Nihil dum, nothing as yet: quamquam nihil dum audieramus, nec ubi esses, nec, etc.,Cic. Fam. 12, 7, 2; id. Att. 7, 12, 4. (ς) Nihil mihi cum illo est, I have nothing to do with him: tecum nihil rei nobis Demipho est,Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 74; Ov. F 2, 308. (τ) Nihil esse, to be nothing or nobody, to have no power, to be of no use, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47; id. Fam. 7, 27, 2; 7, 33, 1; Ter. And. 2, 1, 14: aliquem nihil putare,
to esteem meanly
,Cic. Sest. 53, 114 (B. and K. nihili): accepimus eum nihil hominis esse,
,id. Mil. 5, 16. Hence, nihili pendere or facere, to esteem as nothing, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 4; id. Ps. 4, 7, 1; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 14. De nihilo, for nothing, without cause or reason, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 17: mali rem exempli esse, de nihilo hospites corripi,Liv. 34, 61; 30, 29. Nihilo, with compp., by nothing, no: nihilo pluris, quam si, etc., no more than if, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 21: nihilo minus,id. Men. 5, 5, 49: Phaedriae esse nilo minus amicum quam Antiphoni,Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 7 (but minus nihilo, less than nothing, id. ib. 3, 3, 2): nihilo benevolentior,Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 4: nihilo major,id. ib. 6, 3, 4: nihilo tamen setius,Caes. B. G. 5, 4 and 7: nihil segnius,Liv. 6, 38. Esp. as adv.: nĭhĭlō mĭnus, or, in one word, nĭhĭlōmĭnus, none the less, no less, nevertheless, notwith standing. In gen.: minus dolendum fuit re non perfectā, sed puniendum certe nihilo minus,Cic. Mil. 7, 19; id. Phil. 5, 9, 26; Quint. 8, 3, 85. With si, etsi, quamvis, quamquam, ut, etc.: in iis rebus, quae nihilo minus, ut ego absim, confici possunt,Cic. Fam. 10, 2, 2: nihilo minus eloquentiae studendum est, etsi ea quidam perverse abutuntur,id. Inv. 1, 4, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 17: alia sunt, quae quamvis nolit accidere, nihilominus laudat,Sen. Ep. 66, 44: si nihil fiet, nihilominus, etc.,Cato, R. R. 39, 2. Strengthened by tamen: nihilominus ego hoc faciam tamen,Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 10; Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 17. (ε) Nihilo aliter, no otherwise: ego isti nihilo sum aliter ac fui,Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 45.Transf., adverb., for non, not, by no means: nihilum metuenda timere,Hor. S. 2, 3, 53. nīl, nothing, no (rare and mostly poet.; in Cic. not at all): nil intra est oleam, nil extra est in nuce durum,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 31; id. C. 4, 4, 73: nil sanguinis,
nimbatus nimbātus, a, um, adj.nimbus, perh. light, trifling, frivolous: quam magis aspecto, tam magis est nimbata et nugae merae,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 135.
nimbifer nimbĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj.nimbusfero, storm-bringing, stormy: inter nimbiferas nubes,Avien. Arat. 858: ignis,Ov. P. 4, 8, 60 (al. nubifer).
nimbus nimbus, i (gen. plur. nimbūm, Pac. ap. Trag. Rel. 412 Rib.), m.Sanscr. nabhas, cloud, vapor; Gr. νέφος, νεφέλη; cf.: nubes, nebula, a violent or pouring rain, a rain-storm. Lit.: terra abit in nimbos imbremque, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 24 Müll.: nec nubila nimbis aspergunt,Lucr. 3, 19: terrere animos fulminibus, tempestatibus, nimbis, nivibus, grandinibus,Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 14: denso regem operuit nimbo,Liv. 1, 16: cum multo stillaret paenula nimbo,Juv. 5, 79.Transf.A black rain-cloud, a thunder-cloud: noctisque et nimbūm occaecat nigror, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24, and de Or. 3, 39, 157: involvere diem nimbi,Verg. A. 3, 198; so id. ib. 3, 587; Stat. Th. 1, 97.A cloud in general. So the bright cloud or cloudshaped splendor which enveloped the gods when they appeared on earth: proprie nimbus est, qui deorum vel imperantium capita quasi clara nebula ambire fingitur,Serv. Verg. A. 3, 585: nimbo succincta,Verg. A. 10, 634: nimbo effulgens,id. ib. 2, 616: nube candentes umeros amictus Augur Apollo,Hor. C. 1, 2, 31. Hence, in eccl. Lat., of a saint's aureole, Isid. 19, 31, 2.A cloud of smoke, dust, etc.: respiciunt atram in nimbo volitare favillam,Verg. A. 5, 666: fulvae nimbus harenae,id. G. 3, 110: pulveris,Claud. in Rufin. 2, 176.A head-band, frontlet, worn by females to make the forehead appear small, acc. to Isid. Orig. 19, 31 (in Arn. 2, 72, the correct reading is not nimbis, but limbis; v. limbus). Like the Engl. cloud, of a multitude of things which spread out like a cloud: nimbus peditum,Verg. A. 7, 793: pilorum,Sil. 5, 215: telorum,Luc. 4, 776: velut nimbum glandis et sagittas ingerebant,Liv. 36, 18, 5: lapidum saxorumque,Flor. 3, 8, 4: Corycius,i. e.
,id. ib. 10, 38, 8: purpureus, a great quantity of flowers, Claud. Nupt. Honor. et Mar. 298.A vessel with many holes in it, used at public shows and at entertainments for sprinkling liquid perfumes: nimbus vitreus,Mart. 14, 112in lemm.Trop., a storm, tempest, i. e. sudden misfortune: hunc quidem nimbum cito transisse laetor,Cic. Att. 15, 9, 2.
nimie nĭmĭē, adv., v. nimius fin. B.
nimietas nĭmĭĕtas, ātis, f.nimius, a too great number or quantity; a superfluity, redundancy, excess (post-class.): sanguinis,Pall. 6, 7: prunarum,Eutr. 10, 9: gaudii,App. M. 3, p. 133, 33; Arn. 4, 133. In plur., Pall. 2, 13 med.
nimio nĭmĭō, v. nimius fin. II. 2. b.
nimiopere nĭmĭŏpĕre, more correctly separate, nĭmĭō ŏpĕre.
nimirum nīmīrum, adv.ni, i. q. ne mirum, v. ni, I.; lit. not wonderful; cf., less strong than mirum ni; v. ni, III. A. β; hence, to introduce an assertion as indisputable, without doubt, doubtless, indisputably, certainly, surely, truly: nimirum homines frigent,
,Liv. 22, 51: nimirum haec illa Charybdis, etc.,Verg. A. 3, 558: cui placet alterius sua nimirum est odio sors,
of course
,Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 11. After a question: sed quid id ad rem? nimirum, inquit, in eo causa consistit,Cic. Quint. 25, 79. Freq. in an ironical sense, doubtless, to be sure, forsooth: aperienda nimirum nocte janua fuit,Liv. 40, 9: uni nimirum tibi recte semper erunt res,Hor. S. 2, 2, 106; 2, 3, 120; id. Ep. 1, 9, 1; 1, 15, 42; Juv. 2, 104; Tac. H. 1, 33: nimirum summi ducis est occidere Galbam,id. A. 2, 82.
nimis nĭmis, adv.ni-, ne-, and root ma-, to measure; cf.: metior, mensa, metare, etc.; hence, too much, overmuch, excessively, beyond measure. Lit.: Chremes nimis graviter cruciat adulescentulum nimisque inhumane,
nimius nĭmĭus, a, um, adj.nimis, beyond measure, excessive, too great, too much. Lit.: quod autem satis est, eo quidquid accesserit nimium est,Cic. Fin. 5, 27, 81: vitem coërcet, ne in omnes partes nimia fundatur,id. Sen. 15, 52: nimiae celeritates,id. Off. 1, 36, 131: nimiā pertinaciā atque arrogantiā,Caes. B. C. 1, 85: Prometheus Assiduam nimio pectore pavit avem,
that grew again too fast
,Mart. Spect. 7, 2. With abl. of thing, excessive, immoderate, intemperate in any thing: fiduciā nimius, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arus. Mess.: rebus secundis nimii,
ningit ningit or ninguit, ēbat, nxit, 3, v. n.Gr. νίφει; cf. nix, and v. Serv. Verg. A. 4, 250, it snows. Lit.: ningit,Col. 11, 2, 31; Verg. G. 3, 367: cum ninxerit caelestium molem mihi, Att. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P. (Trag. Rel. v. 101 Rib.). In the pass. form: totum istud spatium, quā pluitur et ninguitur,App. Flor. 1, p. 340, 39.Transf., to shower down, scatter: ningunt rosarum Floribus,Lucr. 2, 627.
ningo ningo (ninguo), ĕre, v. ningit.
ningor ningor, ōris, m.ningo, a fall of snow, App. de Mundo, p. 61, 26.
ninguidus ninguĭdus, a, um, adj.ninguis, full of snow, snowy (post-class.): juga,Aus. Ep. 24, 68: oppida,id. ib. 24, 124: Boreas,Prud. Apophth. 729.Transf., falling like snow: cibus,i. e.
manna
,Prud. Cath. 5, 97.
ninguis ninguis, is, f.kindr. with nix, snow (ante- and post-class.): albas descendere ningues,Lucr. 6, 736 (but id. 6, 964, the correct read. is nives, v. Lachm. ad h. l.); so according to Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 71 P.; App. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P.
ninguit ninguit and ninguo, v. ningit.
ningulus ningŭlus, a, um, adj.dim. of noenus, from ne-oenus for unus, nobody: ningulus, nullus, ut Ennius lib. II.: qui ferro minitere atque in te ningulus ..., Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll. (Ann. v. 133 Vahl.): ningulus, nullus. Marcius vates: ne ningulus mederi queat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 176 Müll.
Ninive Nī^nī^vē, ēs, f., the ancient capital of Assyria, prob. near the mod. Nebbi Yunus, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 3; Vulg. Gen. 10, 11; Paul. Nol. Carm. 23, 168; Alcim. 4, 357; also called Ninus or Ninos, v. Ninus. Hence, Nī^nĭvītae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of Nineveh, the Ninevites, Prud. Cath. 7, 131; Vulg. Matt. 12, 41.Nĭnĭvī-tĭcus, a, um, adj., Ninevite: puer,Hier. in Isa. 3, 7, 16.
Ninnius Ninnius, a, the name of a noble Campanian gens, Liv. 23, 8. So, L. Ninnius Quadratus, a tribune of the people, Cic. Att. 3, 23, 4; id. Sest. 31, 68. Ninnius Crassus, who translated the Iliad into Latin, Prisc. 865 P.; cf. Non. p. 475, 14.
Nioba Nĭŏba, ae, and Nĭŏbē, ēs, f., = Νιόβη. The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes, whose seven sons and seven daughters were slain by Apollo and Diana, because, on the strength of her numerous progeny, she triumphed over Latona. Niobe herself was changed into a stone, which was transported in a whirlwind to the top of Sipylus, and has ever since remained wet with tears; form Niobe, Ov. M. 6, 146 sq.; form Nioba: Nioba fingitur lapidea, propter aeternum credo in luctu silentium,Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63; Sen. Ep. 63, 2; Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 7; Petr. 52, 2; Hyg. Fab. 9 and 145. Hence, Nĭŏbēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Niobe: proles,Hor. C. 4, 6, 1.Nĭŏbĭdes, ae, m., a son of Niobe, Hyg. Fab. 11in lemm.The daughter of Phoroneus, king of Argos, who bore Argus to Jupiter, Hyg. Fab. 145.
Niptra Niptra, ōrum, n.plur., = Νίπτρα, water for washing, the title of a tragedy of Pacuvius, Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48; Gell. 13, 29, 3; v. the fragments in Trag. Rel. p. 90 sq. Rib.
nis nis, pro nobis, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. callim, p. 47 Müll.
Nisa Nīsa, ae, f., a female proper name, Verg. E. 8, 26.
Nisaeus Nīsaeus, a, um, v. 3. Nisus, B. 1.
Niseis Nīsēis, ĭdis, v. 3. Nisus, B. 2.
Niseius Nīsēĭus, a, um, v. 3. Nisus, B. 3.
nisi nĭ-sĭ (archaic forms nisei and nise, Lex Rubria, v. Ritschl, Legis Rubriae pars superstes, Bonnae, 1851, and Rhein. Mus. tom. 8, p. 448 sq.), conj., if not, unless. In gen.: quid tu malum curas, Utrum crudum an coctum-edim? nisi tu mihi es tutor,Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 15: quod nisi esset, certe postea non discessisset,Cic. Clu. 66, 189: non posse ejus imperia diutius sustineri, nisi quid in Caesare sit auxilii,Caes. B. G. 1, 31; Suet. Caes. 52. With interrogatives and negatives, usually in a different clause. After an interrogative or negative clause, except, save only, only: ne quis enuntiaret, nisi quibus mandatum esset,Caes. B. G. 1, 30: hoc sentio, nisi in bonis, amicitiam esse non posse,Cic. Lael. 5, 18: etenim dicere nemo potest, nisi qui prudenter intellegit,id. Brut. 6, 23: quid est pietas, nisi voluntas grata in parentes,id. Planc. 33, 82; Ov. H. 2, 27: negant enim quem quam esse virum bonum, nisi sapientem,Cic. Lael. 5, 18. With a foll. negative: sic orator, nisi multitudine audiente, eloquens esse non possit,Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 338: Labienus juravit, se, nisi victorem, in castra non reversurum,Caes. B. C. 3, 87. Closely connected with non (mostly post-Aug.): legationis non nisi condemnato et ejecto eo, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 98: qui non nisi aput Germanias adsequi nomen imperatorium posset,Tac. A. 2, 26: ad quem non nisi per Sejanum aditus,id. ib. 4, 68; 14, 63; 15, 1; Suet. Caes. 56; id. Aug. 21; 41; Quint. 1, 5, 19; Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 108; Plin. Ep. 6, 6, 4. (The passages in which nisi was supposed to stand for nisi non or non nisi have been critically amended; v. Hand, Turs. 4, 253; Kritz and Fabri ad Sall. J. 54, 5; Drakenb. and Weissenb. ad Liv. 34, 16, 1; Duker ad Flor. 1, 12, 18.) Esp. After nihil, nihil aliud, etc., save, but, than: nihil am plius nisi,Cic. Planc. 41, 99: nihil est quod festines, nisi ut valeas,id. Fam. 16, 6, 3: erat historia nihil aliud nisi annalium confectio,id. de Or. 2, 12, 52; id. Phil. 3, 5, 13, id. Rosc. Am. 37, 108. Non aliter nisi, on no other condition: non aliter neque classem revocaturum neque exercitum reducturum, nisi, etc.,Liv. 45, 11, 11. Nisi si, except if, unless: nisi si etiam illuc pervenerint,Varr. R. R. 2, 9: noli putare me ad quemquam longiores epistulas scribere, nisi si qui ad me plura scripsit, etc.,Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 1: nisi vero si quis est qui,id. Cat. 2, 4, 6. Nisi ut, except that, unless: neque convivia inire ausus est, nisi ut speculatores cum lanceis circumstarent,Suet. Claud. 35. Nisi quod, except that which, save only that: nam nunc homines nihili faciunt quod licet nisi quod lubet,Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 25: cum Patrone Epicureo mihi omnia sunt communia, nisi quod in philosophiā vehementer ab eo dissentio,Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 2: praedia me valde delectant, nisi quod me aere circum foraneo obruerunt,id. Att. 2, 1, 11; id. Tusc. 3, 24, 58: ab negotiis numquam voluptas remorata est, nisi quod de uxore potuit honestius consuli,Sall. J. 95, 3; Tac. A. 14, 14: unde causa et origo peregrino sacro parum comperi, nisi quod signum ipsum ... docet advectam religionem,id. G. 9. Nisi quia, except because, i. e. until that at nesciebam id dicere illam, nisi quia Correxit miles, quod intellexi minus, Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 10. In transitions; also in the combinations nisi vero, nisi forte, nisi tamen, unless perhaps, etc., mostly ironical (cf. Gr. εἰ μὴ ἄρα, ει μή γε, ἐκτὸς εἰ μή): nisi unum hoc faciam ut in puteo cenam coquant,Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 3: nisi forte volumus Epicureorum opinionem sequi, qui, etc.,Cic. Fat. 16, 37: nisi vero existimatis dementem Africanum fuisse, qui, etc.,id. Mil. 3, 8: ne requiras; nisi forte adulescentes pueritiam debent requirere,id. Sen. 10, 33: Hostis nullus erat, nisi forte quem vos jussissetis,Sall. J. 14, 10; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 569.
Nisias Nīsĭas, ădis, f., v. 3. Nisus, B. 4.
Nisibis Nĭsĭbis or Nĕsĕbis, is, f., = Νίσιβις. A city in Mesopotamia, now Nisibin, Plin. 6, 13, 16, § 42; Tac. A. 15, 5; Amm. 25, 7, 9; 25, 8, 27 Hence, Nĭsĭbēni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Nisibis, Amm. 25, 8, 13.A city in Aria, Amm. 23, 6, 69.
nisus nīsus, a, um, Part., from nitor.
nisus nīsus, ūs, m.nitor, a pressing or resting upon or against, a pressure; a striving, exertion, labor, effort (mostly poet.; nixus in good prose, v. h. v.): pedetentim et sedato nisu, a tread, step, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48: pinnarum nisus inanis,
a flight
,Lucr. 6, 834; so, insolitos docuere nisus,Hor. C. 4, 4, 8: hic dea se primum rapido pulcherrima nisu Sistit,Verg. A. 11, 852: stat gravis Entellus nisuque immotus eodem, etc.,
in the same posture
,id. ib. 5, 437: hunc stirps Oceani maturis nisibus Aethra Edidit, pains, throes, labor of parturition (v. 2. nixus), Ov. F. 5, 171. In prose: tamquam nisus evomentis adjuvaret,
Nisus Nīsus, i, m., = ΝῖσοςA king of Megara, father of Scylla, who, in order to gain the love of Minos, cut off her father's purple hair, on which the safety of his kingdom depended, whereupon Nisus was changed into a sparrow-hawk, and Scylla into the bird ciris, Verg. G. 1, 404 sq.; Ov. M. 8, 8 sqq.; v. Scylla. Hence, Nī-saeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nisus, Nisæan: et vos Nisaei, naufraga monstra, canes,i. e.
Scylla, the daughter of Phorcus
,Ov. F. 4, 500; cf. id. A. A. 1, 331.Nīsēis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Nisus, Scylla (q. v.), confounded with the daughter of Phorcus: praeterita cautus Niseide navita gaudet,Ov. R. Am. 737.Nī-sēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nisus, Nisæan: per mare caeruleum trahitur Niseia virgo, Verg. Cir. 390; Ov. M. 8, 35.Nīsĭas, ădis, f., Nisæan, i. e. Megarian: Nisiades matres Nisiadesque nurus, of Megaris, in Sicily (a colony of Megara, in Greece), Ov. H. 15, 54.Son of Hyrtacus and friend of Euryalus, Verg. A. 5, 294; 9, 176 sq.
nitedula nītēdŭla, ae, f., a kind of small red mouse, a dormouse, Cic. Sest. 33, 72: cf.: nitedula mus agrestis rubeus,Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 181; Arn. 2, 47 (Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29, the common read. is volpecula, but Bentley's conjecture, nitedula, is adopted by Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 204, and by Haupt and Müll.; v. Orell. ad loc.). The contr. collat. form nītēla, v. under nitella.
nitefacio nĭtĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a.niteofacio, to make shining (post-class.): ventus mare crispicans nitefacit,Gell. 18, 11, 3: grato crinem nitefactus olivo,Juvenc. 1, 607.
nitela nĭtēla, ae, f.niteo, brightness, splendor (post-class.). Lit.: armorum nitela,Sol. 22, 5.Transf.That which shines or glitters, a glittering particle: nitelae pulveris,
gold-dust
,Sol. 23, 4. That which causes to shine, a polish: nitelae oris, i. e. tooth-powder, Cat ap. App. Mag. p. 277, 5.
nitellinus nītellīnus, a, um, adj.nitella, of or belonging to a nitella or dormouse: color, the color of a dormouse: salix,Plin. 16, 37, 69, § 177.
nitens nĭtens, entis, shining, Part. and P a., from niteo; v. niteo fin.
nitens nītens, entis, pressing upon or against, Part. from nitor.
nitenter nĭtenter, adv., v niteo, P. a. fin.
niteo nĭtĕo, ēre (gen. plur nitentūm, Verg. Cir. 523), v. n.etym. dub.; cf. nix, to shine, look bright, glitter, glisten (cf., luceo, fulgeo splendeo). Lit.: placatumque nitet diffuso lumine caelum,Lucr. 1, 9: luna potest solis radiis percussa nitere,id. 5, 705: qui nitent unguentis, fulgent purpurā,Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5: diversi niteant cum mille colores,Ov. M. 6, 65: vere nitent terrae,id. F. 4, 126: aera nitent usu,id. Am. 1, 8, 51; so, ebur,Tib. 1, 4, 64; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19; Mart. 9, 58, 6; 8, 6, 10 et saep.Transf. Of animals, to be sleek, in good condition: at hau pol nitent (oves),Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 6: unde sic quaeso nites?Phaedr. 3, 7, 4; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 27; cf.: hic nitet ungula mulae,Juv. 7, 181. Of persons, to shine, to look bright or beautiful: miseri quibus Intentata nites! ( = pulchra et amabilis videris),Hor. C. 1, 5, 12: ore nitet,Mart. 10, 89, 3: nitet ante alias regina comesque Pelides,Stat. Achill. 2, 148: murice tincta Veste nites,Mart. 5, 23, 6. Of fields, plants, etc., to look flourishing, thriving, to thrive, etc.: camposque nitentes Desuper ostentat,Verg. A. 6, 677: ubi tellus nitet,Petr. 99; cf. Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 26. Of a house: tibi hoc praecipio ut niteant aedes,
nitesco nĭtesco, tŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [niteo], to begin to shine or glitter, to shine, glitter (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). Lit.: caelum nitescere, arbores frondescere, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69 (Trag. v. 192 Vahl.): exiguo qui stellarum candore nitescit,Cic. Arat. 174: juventus Nudatos umeros oleo perfusa nitescit,Verg. A. 5, 134: nitescente novā lunā,Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2; 37, 12, 74, § 195: ex umero Pelopis non nituisset ebur,Tib. 1, 4, 58 (64).Transf. Of animals, to grow sleek, well-conditioned, fat: armenta nitescunt,Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 3. Of persons, to become blooming; in perf., to be blooming: o pueri, nituistis,Hor. S. 2, 2, 128. Of plants, to grow luxuriously, to thrive, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 112.Trop., to be formed or cultivated: ut ingenio, doctrinā, praeceptione natura nitescat,Auct. Her. 3, 16, 29. To become illustrious or celebrated: quid non cultu nitescit?Quint. 9, 4, 5 (Tac. A. 12, 58; Halm and Ritter, enitesceret).
nitidiuscule nĭtĭdĭuscŭlē, adv., v. nitidiusculus.
nitidiusculus nĭtĭdĭuscŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [nitidus], somewhat more shining (Plautin.): caput,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 84. Hence, adv.: nĭtĭ-dĭuscŭlē, a little more finely, sprucely: ut curer,Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 8.
nitido nĭtĭdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.id., to make bright or shining, to polish, smooth (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). In gen.: ferramenta detersa nitidentur,Col. 12, 3, 9: post serraturam, plagam ferramentis acutis nitidemus,Pall. 3, 17, 1: diligentissime nitidatum,Marc. Emp. 8, 5. In partic., to wash, bathe: eunt ad fontem, nitidant corpora, Enn. ap. Non. 144, 16 (Trag. v 166 Vahl.); so mid.: mundule nitidantur,Att. ib. 17 (Trag. Rel. v. 603 Rib.).
nitidulus nĭtĭdŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [id.], somewhat spruce, rather trim: vidua nitidula,Sulp. Sev. Dial. 2, 8, 3.
nitidus nĭtĭdus, a, um, adj.niteo, shining, glittering, bright, polished, clear (class.; syn.: splendidus, lautus). Lit.: facite, sultis, nitidae ut aedes meae sint,Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 8: in picturis alios horrida, inculta ... contra alios nitida, laeta delectant,Cic. Or. 11, 36: nitidus juventā (anguis),Verg. G. 3, 437: caesaries,id. ib. 4, 337: caput solis,id. ib. 1, 467: ebur,Ov. M. 2, 3: aries nitidissimus auro,id. F. 3, 867: aether,Val. Fl. 3, 467: pisces,
with gleaming scales
,Ov. M. 1, 74: cujus turbavit nitidos exstinctus passer ocellos,Juv. 6, 8.Transf. Of animals, sleek, plump, fat: jumenta,Nep. Eum. 5, 6. Of persons, well-conditioned, well-favored, healthy-looking: me pinguem et nitidum bene curatā cute vises,Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 15. So, nitidis sensibus haurire aliquid, with fresh, unblunted, unsated senses, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 193.Good-looking, handsome, beautiful, neat, elegant, spruce, trim: nimis nitida femina,Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 4: quos pexo capillo nitidos videtis,Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ex nitido fit rusticus,Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 83: villae,id. ib. 1, 15, 46: nitidioris vitae instrumenta,Plin. 13, 16, 30, § 100. Of fields and plants, blooming, fertile, luxuriant: nitidae fruges arbustaque laeta,Lucr. 2, 594: campi nitidissimi viridissimique,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47: nitidissima arboris pars,Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 104. Poet.: nitidissimus annus,
Nitiobriges Nitĭobrīges, um, m., a people in Aquitanian Gaul, between the Garumna and the Liger, near the mod. Agen, Caes. B. G. 7, 7; 31; 35; 75; Sid. Ep. 8, 11.
nitor nītor, nīsus and nixus (inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something. Lit. With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33: stirpibus suis niti,Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37: herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,id. Sen. 15, 51: hastili nixus,id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21: mulierculā nixus,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86: juvenis, qui nititur hastā,Verg. A. 6, 760: paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,id. ib. 4, 252: nixus baculo,Ov. P. 1, 8, 52. With in and acc.: nixus in hastam,Verg. A. 12, 398. With de: de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,Ov. H. 21, 100. With gen. of place: humi nitens,Verg. A. 2, 380. (ε) Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10: niti modo ac statim concidere,
to strive to rise
,Sall. J. 101, 11.Transf.To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.): quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124: nituntur gradibus,Verg. A. 2, 442: in altas rupes,Luc. 4, 37: ad sidera,Verg. G. 2, 427: in aëra,Ov. P. 2, 7, 27: in adversum,id. M. 2, 72: sursum nitier,Lucr. 1, 1059. Of violent bodily motion: niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,
,Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.Trop.To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor: moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2: nisurus contra regem,Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2: pro aliquo,Liv. 35, 10; cf.: pro libertate summā ope niti,Sall. J. 31, 17: nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.: unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,Nep. Milt. 4, 2. Inf.: summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,Sall. J. 25, 9: patriam recuperare niti,Nep. Pelop. 2: ingenio nitor non periisse meo,Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694. Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle: tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,Caes. B. C. 1, 45.To strive after a thing: ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,Cic. Sen. 23, 82: ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.: nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.To rest, rely, depend upon a thing. With in and abl.: nixus in nomine inani,Lucr. 5, 909: conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55: ea, in quibus causa nititur,id. Cael. 10, 25: cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,id. Mil. 7, 19. With abl.: spe niti,Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2: consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2: si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,id. Clu. 40, 112. With ubi: quo confugies? ubi nitere?Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155. Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.: magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,Ov. M. 9, 294.
nitrum nĭtrum, i, n., = νίτρον, also called sal nitrum, native mineral alkali, native soda, natron; found chiefly in Media, Egypt, Thrace, and Macedonia, Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 106: flos nitri,Vitr. 7, 11, 1; and used for washing with: laveris te nitro,Vulg. Jer. 2, 22; Isid. Orig. 16, 2. Hence, Transf.: censuram lomentum aut nitrum esse, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 4.
nivalis nĭvālis, e, adj.nix, of or belonging to snow, snowy, snow-. Lit.: nivalis dies,
nivarius nĭvārĭus, a, um, adj.id., of or belonging to snow: nivarium colum, a strainer filled with snow, through which generous wines were filtered, whereas the commoner sorts were merely passed through a linen cloth, filled with snow, Mart. 14, 103in lemm.;Dig. 34, 2, 21; the latter called nivarius saccus,Mart. 14, 104in lemm.
nivens nīvens, entis, winking (cf. coniveo): niventibus oculis, v. l. ap. Petr. 115, for umentibus.
nivesco nĭvesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [nix], to become snow-white, Anth. Lat. tom. 2, p. 406 Burm.; Tert. Pall. 3 med.
niveus nĭvĕus, a, um, adj.id., of or from snow, snowy, snow- (poet.) Lit.: aggeribus niveis informis,Verg. G. 3, 354: aqua, cooled with snow, Mart. 12, 17, 6; cf. id. 14, 104 and 117: mons,
nivifer nĭvĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj.nix - fero, snow-bearing, covered with snow: niviferae valles,Salv. G. D. 6, 2.
nivit nĭvit, ĕre, v. impers. [nix], it snows;poet. transf. of a great quantity of missile weapons: sagittis, plumbo et saxis grandinat, nivit, Pac. ap. Non. 507, 27 (Trag. Rel. v. 4 Rib.).
Nivomagus Nīvŏmăgus, a city of the Treveri, otherwise called Noviomagus, now Neumagen, Aus. Mos. 11.
nixor nixor, āri, dep. n. [1. nitor], to lean or rest upon; to strive, endeavor (poet.). Lit., Lucr. 6, 836; 3, 1001: pars vulnere clauda retentat Nixantem (serpentem),Verg. A. 5, 279 Wagner N. cr.Trop., to depend upon: fundamenta, quibus nixatur vita salusque,Lucr. 4, 506.
nixurio nixŭrĭo, īre, v. a. desid. [nixus, from nitor], to wish to lean or rest upon: nixurit qui niti vult et in conatu saepius aliquā re perpellitur,Nigid. 144, 20.Transf., for parturio, to wish to bring forth: nixurio, φιλοτοκέω, Gloss. Philox.
nixus nixus and nīsus, a, um, Part., from 1. nitor.
nixus nixus, ūs, m.1. nitor, a pressure (the same as nisus, v. 2, nisus). Lit.: astra se nixu suo conglobata continent, revolution, course, * Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 117. Transf., a striving, exertion, effort: hic ad summum non pervenit nixu (al. nisu), sed impetu,Quint. 8, 4, 9; 1, 12, 10. In partic., pains, throes, travail of parturition: fetūs nixibus edunt,Verg. G. 4, 199; Ov. H. 4, 126: laboriosi nixūs,Gell. 12, 1, 4. Nixus, a constellation; v. Engonasi.