Nubae Nūbae, ārum, m., = Νοῦβαι, a people of Africa, to the south of Egypt, the Nubians, Sil. 3, 269; 7, 664. Also called Nūbei, ōrum, Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 192.A people of Arabia and Syria, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 142. In sing.: Nūba, ae, Claud. Stil. 1, 252.
nubigena nūbĭgĕna, ae, comm.nubes-gigno, cloud-born, born of clouds or of a cloud (poet.). In gen.: amnes,Stat. Th. 1, 365: nimbi,Prud. Hamart. 486: clipei, the Ancilia (so called because they fell from the sky), Stat. S. 5, 2, 131. In partic. The Centaurs, whom Ixion begot of a cloud, Stat. Th. 5, 263; Ov. M. 12, 211; 541; cf. Hyg. Fab. 62.Phrixus, as the son of Nephele: Phrixus nubigena, Col. poët. 10, 115.
nubiger nūbĭger, ĕra, ĕrum, adj.nubes-gero, borne by the clouds (late Lat.): pluvias, Cassiod. Un. praef.
nubigosus nūbĭgōsus, a, um, adj.nubes, full of clouds, cloudy (post-class.): aër,Claud. Mamert. Stat. Anim. 1, 7 dub.
nubila nūbĭla, v. nubilus, 2. b.
nubilarium nūbĭlārĭum, ĭi (collat. form ‡ nūbĭ-lāre, is, Inscr. Orell. 4369), n.nubes, a shed or barn, in which corn was kept from the rain: aedificium facere oportet, sub quod tectum totam fundi subicere possis messem, quod vocant quidam nubilarium,Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 5; Col. 1, 6, 24; 2, 20, 3; Pall. 1, 36, 2.
nubilo nūbĭlo, v. a. and n.nubilum, to be cloudy or overcast; to make cloudy, to overcast. Lit.: si nubilare coeperit,Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 5.Impers. pass.: ubi nubilabitur,Cato, R. R. 88, 2.Transf., to be cloudy, dull: nubilans fulgor carbunculi,Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 94.Trop., to cloud over, to obscure (post-class.): lucem dei,Paul. Nol. Carm. 10, 37.
nubilosus nūbĭlōsus, a, um, adj.nubilus, cloudy (post-class.): caligo,App. M. 11, p. 260, 29: dies,Sol. 30, § 33.
nubilus nūbĭlus, a, um, adj.nubes, cloudy, overcast, lowering (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). Lit.: caelum,Plin. 16, 26, 46, § 109: dies,id. 2, 35, 35, § 100: annus,Tib. 2, 5, 76.Subst.nūbĭlum, i, n., a cloudy sky, cloudy weather: venti, qui nubilum inducunt,Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 7: differre aliquid propter nubilum,Suet. Ner. 13: vitandos soles atque ventos et nubila etiam ac siccitates. Quint. 11, 3, 27. In abl.: nubilo,
nubivagus nūbĭvăgus, a, um, adj.nubes-vagor, wandering among the clouds: meatus,Sil. 12, 102.
nubo nūbo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a. and n. (acc. to Prisc. p. 789 P., the ancients used the construction nubere aliquem; hence part. pass.: nuptus, a, um; v. fin.) [root in Sanscr. nabhas; Germ. Nebei; Gr. νέφος, νεφέλη; Lat.: nubes, nebula, nimbus; cf. νύμφη], to cover, veil. In gen. (very rare): jubet ut udae virgines nubant rosae. Auct. Pervig. Ven. 22: quod aqua nubat terram,Arn. 3, 118. In partic., of a bride: alicui, to cover, veil herself for the bridegroom, i. e. to be married to him; to marry, wed (class. and freq.); constr. with dat. or absol.: nuptam esse; also with cum; post-class. also with apud: quo illae nubent divites Dotatae?Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 15: virgo nupsit ei, cui Caecilia nupta fuerat,Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104: deam homini nubere, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 27: locuples quae nupsit avaro,Juv. 6, 141; 591: regis Parthorum filius, quocum esset nupta regis Armeniorum soror,Cic. Fam. 15, 3, 1: Amphitruo ... Quicum Alcumenast nupta,Plaut. Am. prol. 99: dum cum illo nupta eris,id. As. 5, 2, 20: cum in familiam clarissimam nupsisses,Cic. Cael. 14, 34: in familiae luctum,id. Clu. 66, 188: ut una apud duos nupta esset,Gell. 1, 23, 8: si qua voles apte nubere, nube pari,Ov. H. 9, 32: posse ipsam Liviam statuere nubendum post Drusum,Tac. A. 4, 40: tu nube atque tace,Juv. 2, 61. In the sup.: nam quo dedisti nuptum, abire nolumus,Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 83; cf.: uxor, invita quae ad virum nuptum datur,id. ib. 1, 2, 85: Mamilio filiam nuptum dat,Liv. 1, 49: ultro nuptum ire,Plaut. Cas. prol. 86: nuptum locare virginem,Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 25: propinquas suas nuptum in alias civitates collocāsse,Caes. B. G. 1, 18: nuptum mitti, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arus. Mess. Impers. pass.: cujusmodi hic cum famā facile nubitur,Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 58: praestruxit, hic quidem nubi, ubi sit et mori, Tert. c. Marc. 4, 38. Pers.: neque nubent neque nubentur,Vulg. Matt. 22, 30. Transf. Of a man, to marry, be married (poet. and in post-class. prose): pontificem maximum rursus nubere nefas est,Tert. ad Uxor. 1, 7: nec filii sine consensu patrum rite et jure nubent,id. ib. 2, 11; Hier. Ep. 22, n. 19; Vulg. Luc. 20, 34: viri nupti, Varr. ap. Non. 480. 3. So, comically, of a man who is ruled by his wife, Non. 143, 24 sq.: uxorem quare locupletem ducere nolim, Quaeritis? uxori nubere nolo meae,
nucalis nŭcālis, e, adj.nux, like a nut (postclass.): palmulae nucales, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 37.
nucamenta nŭcāmenta, ōrum, n.nux (things in the shape of nuts; hence), fir-cones, etc., Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 49.
nucella nŭcella, ae, f.dim.id., a little nut, Apic. ap. Barth. Adv. 34, 18.
Nuceria Nūcĕrĭa, ae, f., the name of several cities. A city in Campania, with the appellation Alfaterna, the modern Nocera, Liv. 9, 41, 3; 23, 15; 27, 3; Cic. Agr. 2, 31, 86; id. Balb. 11, 28. Hence, Nūcĕ-rīnus (Nŭc-, Paul. Nol. Carm. 26, 517), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nuceria, Nucerian: ager,Liv. 9, 38. In plur.: Nū-cĕrīni, ōrum, m., the Nucerians, Liv. 27, 3.A city in Umbria, now Nocera, whose inhabitants are called Nucerini Favonienses and Camelani, Plin. 3, 14, 19, § 114.
nucetum nŭcētum, i, n.nux, a wood where nut-trees grow, Stat. S. 1, 6, 12; Tert. adv. Valent. 20.
nuceus nŭcĕus, a, um, adj.id., of a nut-tree: fibulae unde fiant, aridae iligneae, ulmeae, nuceae, ficulneae, etc.,Cato, R. R. 31; id. ap. Plin. 16, 39, 75, § 193: virga nucea,Hier. Ep. 53, n. 8.
nucifrangibulum nŭcĭfrangĭbŭlum, i, n.nux-frango, qs. a nut-cracker, comically for a tooth, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 16.
nucinus nŭcĭnus, a, um, adj.nux, = nuceus, of a nut-tree (late Lat.): mensae, Schol. Juv. 11, 117: virga,Ambros. Jacob. 2, 4, 19.
nucipersicum nŭcĭpersĭcum, i, n.nux-persicum, a peach grafted on a nut-tree, a nut-peach: persica, nucipersica,Mart. 13, 46in lemm.
nuciprunum nŭcĭprūnum, i, n.nux-prunus, a plum grafted on a nut-tree, a nut-plum, Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 41.
nucleatus nū^clĕātus, a, um, adj.nucleus, having a kernel or stone, stoned: uva passa, nucleata,Scrib. Comp. 223 dub. (al. enucleata).
nucleo nū^clĕo, āre, v. n.id., to become kernelly, hard: nucleantibus mamillis,Theod. Prisc. 4, 2.
nucleolus nū^clĕŏlus, i, m.dim.id., a little nut, Plin. Val. 1, 48.
nucleus nū^clĕus (nŭcŭlĕus), i, m.for nuculeus, from nux, a little nut. Lit.A nut; applied also to fruits resembling a nut: nucleus amygdalae,Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 42: avellanae,id. 37, 4, 15, § 56: pinearum nucum,id. 15, 10, 9, § 35; cf. pineus,Cels. 2, 22. Prov.: e nuce nuculeum qui esse vult, frangit nucem, he who would eat the kernel of a nut breaks the nut, i. e. he who desires an advantage should not shun the labor of earning it, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 55: nuculeum amisi, retinui pigneri putamina,
Nucrae Nūcrae, ārum, f., a city of Italy (in Samnium or Campania), otherwise unknown. Sil. 8, 566.
nucula nŭcŭla, ae, f.dim.nux, a small nut, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 87: nuculas Praenestinos antiqui appellabant, quod inclusi a Poenis Casilini famem nucibus sustentārunt, vel quod in earum regione plurima nux minuta nascitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 172 and 173 Müll.; cf. Liv. 23, 19.
nucunculus nŭcuncŭlus, i, m.dim.nux, perh. a kind of nut-cake, Not. Tir. p. 176.
nudatio nūdātĭo, ōnis, f.nudo, a stripping naked, nakedness (post-Aug.), Plin. 28, 6, 19, § 69: femorum,Hier. Ep. 22, n. 8.
nude nūdē, adv., v. nudus fin.
nudipedalia nūdĭpĕdālĭa, ĭum, n.nudipes. A religious procession of persons with bare feet, the barefoot festival, celebrated in seasons of great drought, to procure a fall of rain: cum stupet caelum et aret annus, nudipedalia denuntiantur, magistratus purpuras ponunt, fasces retro avertunt, precem indigitant, hostiam instaurant,Tert. Jejun. 16; id. Apol. 40; cf. Petr. 44; Sil. 3, 28.A going barefoot: nudipedalia exercere,Hier. in Ep. ad Galat. 4, 8.
nuditas nūdĭtas, ātis, f.nudus ( = γυμνότης, Gloss.), bareness, nakedness, exposure (late Lat.): pudere eum nuditatis suae coepit,Lact. 2, 12, 18: vestire pauperem sine suā nuditate,Sulp. Sev. Vit. Mart. 2, 2; Aug. Civ. Dei, 14, 17 init.: in fame et siti et nuditate,Vulg. Deut. 28, 48; ib Rom. 8, 35; ib. 2 Cor. 11, 27: capitis,Tert. de Virg. Vel. 12ext.: patris,Lact. 2, 13, 5.Transf., bareness, want, Cod. Th. 9, 42, 13; cf. id. ib. 9, 42, c. 12.
nudius nŭdĭusnum (i. e. nunc) and dius = dies; the ending accommodated to that of the following numeral, it is now the ... day since, always in connection with ordinal numbers; as, nudius tertius, three days ago, the day before yesterday: nudius quartus, four days ago, etc.: nudius tertius videtur compositum ex nunc et die et tertio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 170 Müll.: heri et nudius tertius, Quartus, quintus, sextus, etc.,Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 40: nam ego Lemno advenio Athenas nudius tertius,id. Truc. 1, 1, 74: nudius sextus quoi talentum mutuom dedi reposcam,id. Trin. 3, 2, 101; cf. Afran. ap. Charis. p. 192 P.: nudius tertius dedi ad te epistulam longiorem,Cic. Att. 14, 11, 1; here, nudius quintus natus quidem ille est,Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 28: recordamini, qui dies nudius tertiusdecimus fuerit,Cic. Phil. 5, 1, 2: a nudius quartā die,Vulg. Act. 10, 30.
nudiustertianus nŭdĭustertĭānus, a, um, adj.nudius-tertianus, made three days ago, or the day before yesterday, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 59 Mai.; cf.: nudius tertianus, τριθημερινός, Gloss. Philox.
,id. F. 3, 557. In partic. In milit. lang., to leave uncovered, leave exposed or defenceless, to expose a place to the enemy: latera sua,Liv. 1, 27: murus nudatus defensoribus,Caes. B. G. 2, 6; Liv. 21, 11: collis nudatus hominibus,Caes. B. G. 7, 44: neque sibi nudanda litora existimabant,id. B. C. 3, 15: ne castra nudentur,id. B. G. 7, 70: praesidiis nudatus,Sall. J. 88, 4; Liv. 30, 2, 5: terga fugā nudant,Verg. A. 5, 586. Pregn., to strip, spoil, plunder: spoliavit nudavitque omnia,Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 14: agros nudare populando,Liv. 44, 27: opibus,id. 42, 50: quem praeceps alea nudat,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 21: moveat cornicula risum Furtivis nudata coloribus,id. ib. 1, 3, 19: nec nuder ab illis,Ov. Tr. 1, 6, 7.Trop.To lay bare, expose: te evolutum illis integumentis dissimulationis tuae nudatumque perspicio,Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 350: vis ingenii etiamsi hac scientiā juris nudata sit,id. ib. 1, 38, 172.To lay bare, make visible, expose, betray, disclose: defectionem,Liv. 35, 32: nec illi primo statim creati nudare, quid vellent,id. 24, 27: fama equestris pugnae nudavit voluntates hominum,id. 42, 63: ne poena ejus consilia adversus Romanos nudaret,id. 40, 24: animos,id. 33, 21; Hor. S. 2, 5, 47: ingenium res Adversae nudare solent, celare secundae,id. ib. 2, 8, 74: alicui amorem,Tib. 4, 7, 2.To deprive of, strip of: nudata omnibus rebus tribunicia potestas,Caes. B. C. 1, 7: nudatos opere censorio aut sententiā judicum de ambitu condemnatos restituit,those who had been stripped by the censor of their rights and privileges, Suet. Caes. 41 (al. notatos): cum tuo exercitusque tui praesidio nudatam Italiam viderint,Liv. 28, 42.
,Sall. J. 107, 1; Liv. 5, 45, 3. Prov.: vestimenta detrahere nudo, i. e. to get something out of one who has nothing, or to draw blood from a stone, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 79. Of things: silex nuda,
,Sall. J. 79, 6: nudus Arboris Othrys,Ov. M. 12, 512. In partic. Stripped, spoiled, vacant, void, deprived, or destitute of, without. With abl.: urbs nuda praesidio,Cic. Att. 7, 13, 1: praesidiis,Liv. 29, 4, 7: nudus agris, nudus nummis,Hor. S. 2, 3, 184: nudum remigio latus,id. C. 1, 14, 4; Sil. 16, 46. With ab: Messana ab his rebus sane vacua atque nuda est,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 3. With gen.: mors famae nuda,Sil. 4, 608.Absol.: heri quod homines quattuor In soporem conlocāstis nudos,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 147: partem istam subselliorum nudam atque inanem reliquerunt,Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 16.Poor, needy, destitute, forlorn: quem tu semper nudum esse voluisti,Cic. Fl. 21, 51: senecta,Ov. H. 9, 154: senectus,Juv. 7, 35: quis tam nudus, ut, etc.,id. 5, 163: sine amicis, sine hospitibus, plane nudum esse ac desertum,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148.Transf. In gen., bare, mere, pure, simple, sole, alone, only: nuda ista si ponas, judicari qualia sint non facile possim,Cic. Par. 3, 2, 24: ira Caesaris,Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 17: locorum nuda nomina,Plin. 3, praef. § 2: virtus nudo homine contenta est,Sen. Ben. 3, 18, 2: nuda rerum cognitio,Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 4: nuda virtus,Petr. 88: nudā manu captare fontem, i. e. without a cup, Sen. Hippol. alt. 519. So freq. in jurid. Lat.: nudo animo adipisci quidem possessionem non possumus: retinere tamen nudo animo possumus,Paul. Sent. 5, tit. 2: etiam nudus consensus sufficit obligationi,Dig. 44, 7, 51; Gai. Inst. 3, 154. Esp., in phrases. Nudum pactum, a bare agreement, i. e. a contract without consideration: ex nudo enim pacto inter cives Romanos actio non nascitur,Paul. Sent. 2, 14, 1. Nudum jus, an unexecuted right: qui nudum jus Quiritium in servo habet, is potestatem habere non intellegitur,Gai. Inst. 1, 54; 3, 166. In partic. Simple, unadorned: Commentarii (Caesaris) nudi sunt, recti et venusti, omni ornatu orationis tamquam veste detractā,Cic. Brut. 75, 262: brevitas nuda atque inornata,id. de Or. 2, 84, 341: quoniam dicendi facultas non debeat esse jejuna atque nuda,id. ib. 1, 50, 218: nuda et velut incompta oratio,Quint. 8, 6, 41; cf. id. 2, 4, 3; Ov. A. A. 3, 747: sedit humo nudā, nudis incompta capillis,Ov. M. 4, 261.Undisguised, unadorned, not veiled or obscured: veritas,Hor. C. 1, 24, 7: nudissima veritas,Cael. Aur. Chron. 1, 5, 176: simplex ac nuda veritas,Lact. 3, 1, 3: nuda verba, unveiled, i. e. obscene words, Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 4. Hence, adv.: nūdē, nakedly, simply (post-class.): aliquid tradere breviter ac nude,Lact. 3, 1, 11.
nugacissime nūgācissĭmē, adv., v. nugax fin.
nugacitas nūgācĭtas, ātis, f.nugae, a trifling playfulness, drollery (late Lat.), Aug. Ep. 67; id. de Musica, 6 init.
id. Pers. 4, 7, 7; id. Most. 5, 1, 38. Of verses, trifles: nescio quid meditans nugarum,Hor. S. 1, 9, 2; cf. Cat. 1, 4; Mart. 9, 1, 5 (cf. also: versūs et cetera ludicra,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 10). Of the songs of hired female mourners at a funeral: haec sunt non nugae: non enim mortualia,Plaut. As. 4, 1, 63. Acc. to Nonius, Plautus called women's finery nugae, Non. 144, 30; v. nugivendus. Transf. (abstr. pro concreto), jesters, jokers, droll fellows: amicos habet meras nugas,Cic. Att. 6, 3, 5: ego Hephaestum ... Niciam, ego nugas maximas omni meā comitate sum complexus,id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2 comites Graeculi, quocumque ibat: tum in comitatu nugarum nihil,id. Mil. 21, 55.
nugalis nūgālis, e, adj.nugae, frivolous, trifling, worthless, empty (post-class.): theoremata,Gell. 1, 2, 6; Mart. Cap. 1, § 2 Kopp (al. nugalas): scholica quaedam,id. 4, 1, 1; 7, 17, 3: illa olim nugalia conscripsi,
nugamenta nūgāmenta, ōrum, n.nugae, trifles, trash, App. M. 1, p. 113, 31; cf.: nugamenta, ὑθλήματα, Gloss. Lat. Graec.
nugas nūgas, v. nugax init.
nugator nūgātor, ōris, m.nugor, a jester, joker, babbler, trifler, silly person; hence, too, a braggart, a swaggerer: illic nugator nili, non nauci'st homo, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. naucus, p. 166 Müll. (Com. v. 10 Vahl.); Lucil. ap. Non. 35, 24; Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 91; 5, 2, 14: nimius,id. Capt. 2, 2, 25: vae tibi nugator!id. Mil. 4, 2, 86: non vero tam isti (lacerti), quam tu ipse nugator,Cic. Sen. 9, 27: neque in istum nugatorem, tamquam in aliquem testem, invehar,id. Fl. 16, 38; Liv. 38, 56: homo nihili et nugator,Gell. 15, 2, 2: iste nugator libellus,Aus. Idyll. 11 praef.: cessas nugator?Pers. 5, 127. Perh., a debauchee, Prud. Cath. 2, 29.
nugatorie nūgātōrĭē, adv., v. nugatorius fin.
nugatorius nūgātōrĭus, a, um, adj.nugator, trifling, worthless, useless, futile, nugatory: nugatoriae artes,i. e.
,Auct. Her. 2, 20, 31: genus deorum, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 27. As subst.: nū-gātōrĭus, ii, m., a worthless fellow, nugatorium vocant, Sen. Ep. 36, 2. Hence, adv.: nūgātōrĭē, triflingly, frivolously: tenuiter et nugatorie respondere,Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48.
nugatrix nūgātrix, īcis, adj.id., trifling, frivolous: nugatrix acies,i. e.
luxurious
,Prud. Psych. 433.
nugax nūgax, ācis (collat. form indecl. ‡ nugas, σαπρός, Gloss. Philox.; so, ‡ nugas, inutilis, Gloss. Vet.; cf. Don. p. 1749 P.; Charis. p. 1; 15; 22; 120 ib.; Diom. p. 286 P.; Prisc. p. 649; 701 ib.; Val. Prob. 1464 and 1478 ib.), adj.nugor, jesting, trifling, frivolous, Varr. ap. Non. 355, 22: qui tam nugax esset, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 1: nugax es,Petr. 52; Ambros. Ep. 58, 6ext. Adv. only sup.: nūgācissimē (-sŭmē), in the most trifling manner, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 90.
nugigerulus nūgī^gĕrŭlus, i, v. nugivendus.
Nugipalamloquides Nūgĭpălamlŏquĭdes, is, m.nugaepalam-loqui, a public talker of nonsense, a comically formed name, Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 21 Ritschl N. cr.
nugivendus nūgĭvendus, i, m.nugae-vendo, a dealer in female finery: ubi nugivendis res solutast omnibus,Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 51: nugivendos Plautus dici voluit omnes eos qui aliquid mulieribus vendant. Nam omnia quibus matronae utuntur nugas voluit adpellari, Plautus in Aulularia, etc.; Non. 144, 29 sq. (But the best MSS. of Plautus read nugigerulis, Wagn. ad loc.)
nugo nūgo, ōnis, m.nugae, a buffoon, trifler, worthless fellow (Appuleian): nugo et corruptor,App. M. 5, p. 172, 2: nugonem castigare,id. ib.
,Sall. C. 29, 3 (al. nullius): nulla verius quam ubi ea cogitentur, hostium castra esse,Liv. 22, 53, 8 Weissenb. (al. nullo): nullum meum minimum dictum,
num num, adv.an acc. m., of which nam is the acc. f., an interrog. particle, usually implying that a negative answer is expected. In a direct interrogation (no corresp. term in English). Num esse amicum suspicari visus est? Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 102; Ter. And. 2, 2, 29: num igitur tot ducum naufragium sustulit artem gubernandi? aut num imperatorum scientia nihil est, quia, etc.,Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24: num exspectatis, dum L. Metellus testimonium dicat?Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 53, § 122; id. Rep. 1, 11, 17: num barbarorum Romulus rex fuit?id. ib. 1, 37, 58. Followed by an, contmuing the inquiry: num furis, an prudens ludis me obscura canendo?Hor. S. 2, 5, 58: num iratum timemus Jovem? ... an ne turpiter faceret,Cic. Off. 3, 28, 102. Esp., with quis, quando ( = aliquis, aliquando): numquis hic est? nemo est,Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 1: num quae trepidatio? num qui tumultus?Cic. Deiot. 7, 20: num quando perditis civibus vexillum defuturum putatis?id. Phil. 5, 11, 29. Num quid (also numquid) vis? do you wish any thing further? is there any thing else? a very common form of leave-taking, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 44; 46; 3, 3, 15 et saep.; cf. Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 49 Don.; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 6; 5, 2, 2; Liv. 6, 34, 7; for which, also: numquid me vis?Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 119; id. Mil. 2, 6, 92; and elliptically: numquid me? Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 6. (ε) Numquid is also used adverbially; v. numquid. (ζ) Joined to nam and ne numnam, numne, in anxious and surprised inquiry: eho numnam hic relictus custos?Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 55: numne vis me ire ad cenam?Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 65: deum ipsum numne vidisti?Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 88; id. Lael. 11, 36 (so B. and K., Halm. But Ritschl, Opusc. 2, 248, denies the Latinity of the form numne; cf. Hand, Turs. 4, 79; and, contra, Rib. Lat. Part. p. 13). In an indirect interrogation, whether: quaero, num aliter ac nunc eveniunt, evenirent?Cic. Fat. 3, 6: videte, num dubitandum vobis sit, omni studio ad id bellum incumbere,id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19: jusserunt speculari, num sollicitati animi sociorum essent,Liv. 42, 19: exsistit hoc loco quaedam quaestio subdifficilis: num quando amici novi, digni amicitiā veteribus sint anteponendi,Cic. Lael. 19, 67; so, num quando,id. Phil. 5, 11, 29; id. Vatin. 6, 17: num quis,id. Att. 13, 8; id. Clu. 38, 105; id. Off. 1, 3, 7: videamus ergo, num expositio haec longior demum esse debeat,
whether this explanation should not be a little longer still
Numana Nŭmāna, ae, f., a sea-coast town in Picenum, now Umana, Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111; Sil. 8, 433; Mel. 2, 4, 6. Hence, Nŭ-mānas, ātis, adj., Numanian, Inscr. Grut. 446, 1 and 2; Inscr. Don. cl. 5, n. 1.
Numantia Nŭmantĭa, ae, f., a city in Hispania Tarraconensis, captured and destroyed by Scipio Africanus the Younger, now Garray, Liv. Ep. 47; 54 sq.; Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35; Flor. 2, 18; Eutr. 4, 17; Mel. 2, 6, 4. Hence, Nŭmantīnus, a, um, adj., Numantine. De Numantino foedere, made by C. Mancinus, but not ratified by the Senate, Cic. Rep. 3, 18, 28; id. Fin. 2, 17, 54. Subst.: Nŭ-mantīnus, i, m., a surname given to Scipio Africanus, as the taker of Numantia; cf. Ov. F. 1, 596. In plur.Nŭ-mantīni, ōrum, m., the Numantines, Juv. 8, 11; Liv. Ep. 59.
Numanus Nŭmānus, i, m., a Rutulian, surnamed Remulus, Verg. A. 9, 592.
numarius nūmārĭus, v. nummarius.
numatio nūmātĭo, v. nummatio.
numatus nūmātus, v. nummatus.
numella numella, ae, f., a kind of shackle or fetter, for crimmals, slaves, and cattle: numella genus vinculi, quo quadrupedes deligantur, solet autem ea fieri nervo, aut corio crudo bovis, ut plurimum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.; less trust worthy is the explanation of Nonius: numellae machinae genus ligneum ad discruciandos noxios paratum, quo et collum et pedes immittunt. Plautus Asinaria (3, 2, 5): nervos, catenas, carcerem, numellas, pedicas, boias,Non. 144, 25 sq.; Col. 7, 8, 6: ubi potest etiam numella fabricari, ut, etc.,id. 6, 19, 2 (al. numelli; al. numellae).
numellus numellus, i, m., v numella fin.
numen nūmen, ĭnis, n.for nuimen, root nu-; Gr. νεύω, nod; Lat. nuo in re-nuo, etc, prop., a nodding with the head, a nod: numen quasi nutus dei ac potestas dicitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll. Hence, trop., a nod, i. e. command, will. * In gen.: ad numen mentis momenque moveri,Lucr. 3, 144 (but id. 2, 632, and 4, 179, the correct reading is momine, v. Lachm.). In partic., the divine will, the will or power of the gods, divine sway (the class. signif. of the word): numen dicunt esse imperium, dictum ab nutu: numina sunt, quojus imperium maximum esse videatur,Varr. L. L. 7, § 85 Müll.: deo, cujus numini parent omnia,Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120: multa saepe prodigia vim ejus (Cereris) numenque declarant,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107: di inmortales suo numine atque auxilio sua templa atque urbis tecta defendunt,id. Cat. 2, 13, 29: numen interdictumque deorum immortalium,id. Pis. 21, 48: nox et Diana, Nunc, nunc adeste, nunc in hostiles domos Iram atque numen vertite, Hor. Epod. 5, 54. To Fortune: nullum numen abest, si sit prudentia,Juv. 10, 365. Hence, transf., of the will, might, authority of powerful persons: flectere tenta Caesareum numen, numine, Bacche, tuo,Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 45; cf. id. P. 4, 13, 24: annuite, Patres Conscripti, nutum numenque vestrum invictum Campanis,Liv. 7, 30; cf.: quanta potestas, quanta majestas, quantum denique numen, sit historiae,Plin. Ep. 9, 27, 1.Godhead, divinity, deity, divine majesty, etc.: numina Palladis,Verg. A. 3, 543: per Dianae numina,Hor. Epod. 17, 3: venerantur numina nymphae, Mygdonidesque nurus,Ov. M. 6, 44: audis ... positas ut glaciet nives Puro numine Juppiter,Hor. C. 3, 10, 8. Concr., a divinity, deity, a god, goddess: caeleste numen,Liv. 1, 21, 1; Val. Max. 2, 4, 4; 5, 1, 3; Amm. 19, 1, 4: summum,Sen. Q. N. 7, 30, 4; Amm. 15, 8, 9; 17, 7, 3 al.: templa et effigies numinum,Tac. A. 1, 10; 1, 73; 3, 71; 15, 45; Suet. Calig. 22: nos magna precati Numina,Verg. A. 3, 634: si quem Numina laeva sinunt,id. G. 4, 7: promissaque numine firmat,i. e.
numerabilis nŭmĕrābĭlis, e, adj.numerus, that can be numbered or counted, numerable (poet. and very rare): calculus,Ov. M. 5, 588: populus utpote parvus,
Numerius Nŭmĕrĭus, ii, m., abbrev. N., a Roman praenomen: qui celeriter erant nati, fere Numerios praenominabant, Varr. ap. Non. 352, 29. Concerning the introduction of this praenomen into the Fabian gens, v. Paul. ex Fest. p. 170 Müll. So, Numerius (abbrev. N.) Fabius Buteo, Liv. 41, 28: N. Fabius Vibulanus,
Numerius Nŭmĕrĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens. So, Q. Numerius Rufus, a tribune of the people, A. U. C. 697, an enemy of Cicero, Cic. Sest. 33, 72; 38, 82; 43, 94. Hence, Nŭmĕrĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Numerius, Numerian: raudusculum,Cic. Att. 7, 2, 7.
numero nŭmĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.numerus, to count, reckon, number (syn. recenseo). Lit.: si singulos numeremus in singulas (civitates),Cic. Rep. 3, 4, 7: ea, si ex reis numeres, innumerabilia sunt; si ex rebus, modica,id. de Or. 2, 32, 137: numerare per digitos,Ov. F. 3, 123: votaque pro dominā vix numeranda facit,
,Quint. 5, 10, 10: sermo,id. 8, 6, 64: pectus,Col. 6, 9, 2: numerosa res means variously accomplished, having a knowledge of many things: RES NVMEROSA FVI,Inscr. Grut. 655, 3.Full of rhythm or harmony, according to rhythm, measured, rhythmical, harmonious, melodious (class.): numerosaque bracchia ducit,Ov. Am. 2, 4, 29: numerosos ponere gressus (al. gestus),id. P. 4, 2, 33: numerosa oratio, rhythmical, melodious: si numerosum est id in omnibus sonis atque vocibus, quod habet quasdam impressiones et quod metiri possumus intervallis aequalibus; recte, etc.,Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185: apta et numerosa oratio,id. Or. 50; 52: numerosus Horatius,Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 49: Myron numerosior in arte, quam Polycletus,
more harmonious
,Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 58. Hence, adv., in two forms. nŭmĕ-rōsē. Numerously, multifariously (not in Cic.): numerosius onerare,Col. 4, 21, 2: numerosius dividere,Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 61. Sup.: familias numerosissime comparant,App. de Deo Socr. p. 54, 14: sententias versare quam numerosissime,Quint. 10, 5, 9: numerose loqui,
numerus nŭmĕrus, i, m.Gr. νέμω, to distribute; cf.: numa, nemus, nummus, a number. Lit. In gen.: illi octo cursus septem efficiunt distinctos intervallis sonos: qui numerus rerum omnium fere nodus est,Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf. Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6: duo hi numeri,Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12: consummare perfectissimum numerum, quem novem novies multiplicata componunt,Sen. Ep. 58: numerumque referri Jussit,
that their number should be counted
,Verg. E. 6, 85; cf.: numerus argenteorum facilior usui est, the counting, reckoning. Tac. G. 5 fin.: sed neque quam multae species, nec nomina quae sint Est numerus; neque enim numero conprendere refert,
cannot be counted
,Verg. G. 2, 104: eorumque nummorum vis et potestas non in numero erat, sed in pondere,Gai. Inst. 1, 122. In partic. A certain collective quantity, a body, number of persons or things: tunc deinceps proximi cujusque collegii ... in sortem coicerentur, quoad is numerus effectus esset, quem ad numerum in provincias mitti oporteret, S. C. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 8: haec in Aeduorum finibus recensebantur numerusque inibatur,Caes. B. G. 7, 76; Liv. 38, 22: eum clavum, quia rarae per ea tempora litterae erant, notam numeri annorum fuisse ferunt,Liv. 7, 3: Pompilius ad pristinum numerum duo augures addidit,Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26: haec enim sunt tria numero,
,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176; cf. id. Planc. 26, 64; Caes. B. C. 2, 18: vini,Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 66; so without an adj., like the Engl. number, for a great number: est (in eādem provinciā) numerus civium Romanorum atque hominum honestissimorum,id. Font. 5, 13 (1, 3): plures numero tuti,Tac. A. 14, 49 fin.: sed illos Defendit numerus,Juv. 2, 46; cf. Verg. E. 7, 52: latet in numero virtus,Sil. 1, 323. In plur.: numeri, the mathematics, astronomy: ut a sacerdotibus barbaris numeros et caelestia acciperet,Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87: Thales hoc etiam numeris inquirit et astris,Sid. 15, 79: numerisque sequentibus astra,Stat. Th. 4, 411. Rarely in sing., Claud. Cons. Mall. 130. In milit. lang., a division of the army, a troop, band (post-Aug.): sparsi per provinciam numeri,Tac. Agr. 18; cf.: plena urbs exercitu insolito: multi ad hoc numeri e Germaniā ac Britanniā,id. H. 1, 6: nondum distributi in numeros erant,Plin. Ep. 10, 29 (38), 2: revocare ad officium numeros,Suet. Vesp. 6: militares numeri,
cohorts
,Amm. 14, 7, 19: in numeris esse,
to be enrolled
,Dig. 29, 1, 43; cf. ib. 29, 1, 38; Claud. Epith. Pall. et Celer. 86; Inscr. Grut. 1096. Like the Gr. ἀριθμός, a mere number, opp. to quality, worth: nos numerus sumus et fruges consumere nati,
,Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16: numerum aliquem obtinere,id. Brut. 47, 175.A part of a whole, member, category: omnes numeros virtutis continet,Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 24: varium et elegans omni fere numero poëma,id. Ac. 1, 3, 9: mundus perfectus expletusque omnibus suis numeris atque partibus,id. N. D. 2, 13, 37: animalia imperfecta suisque Trunca vident numeris,Ov. M. 1, 427; 7, 126: quid omnibus numeris praestantius?Quint. 10, 1, 91: liber numeris omnibus absolutus,Plin. Ep. 9, 38; cf. of the days of the month: luna alternis mensibus XXX. implebit numeros, alternis vero detrahet singulos, Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 325. Hence, omnium numerorum esse, to be complete, perfect, Petr. 68: puer omnium numerūm,id. ib. 63. And, on the contrary: deesse numeris suis,
to be deficient
,Ov. Am. 3, 8, 11.Order: quaecumque in foliis descripsit carmina virgo, Digerit in numerum,Verg. A. 3, 446.An office, duty, part: ad numeros exige quidque suos,Ov. R. Am. 372: Veneri numeros eripere suos,id. H. 4, 88; id. Am. 3, 7, 18; cf. id. ib. 3, 7, 26: verae numeros modosque ediscere vitae,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 143.Musical measure, time, rhythm, harmony, numbers: in numerum exsultant,Lucr. 2, 631: in musicis numeri, et voces et modi, etc.,Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 187; Quint. 9, 4, 126: histrio si paulum se movet extra numerum,Cic. Par. 3, 2, 26; Quint. 12, 2, 12: sit igitur hoc cognitum, in solutis etiam verbis inesse numeros,Cic. Or. 56, 190: Isocrates verbis solutis numeros primus adjunxit,id. ib. 52, 174: in solutā oratione ... modum tamen et numerum quendam oportere servari,id. Brut. 8, 32: multum interest, utrum numerosa sit, id est similis numerorum, an plane e numeris constet oratio,id. Or. 65, 220: redigere omnes fere in quadrum numerumque sententias,id. ib. 61, 208. Hence, quamvis nil extra numerum fecisse modumque Curas, nothing out of measure, improper, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 59.A measure, number, in poetry: nam cum sint numeri plures, iambum et trochaeum frequentem segregat ab oratore Aristoteles,Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; id. Or. 64, 215: numeris nectere verba,Ov. P. 4, 2, 30; 4, 2, 5: numeros memini, si verba tenerem,i. e.
the tune
,Verg. E. 9, 45: numerisque fertur Lege solutis,Hor. C. 4, 2, 11.A verse, in gen. (poet.): arma gravi numero violentaque bella parabam Edere,i. e.
,id. ib. 3, 1, 37. Hence, nŭmĕrō (abl.), adverb., lit., measured according to number or time, i. e. precisely, exactly, just (only ante-class.; freq. in Plautus; not found in Ter. or Lucr.). Just, precisely, at the right time, on the instant: numero mihi in mentem fuit. Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 25: neminem vidi, qui numero sciret, quod scitu est opus, Naev. ap. Fest. p. 170 Müll.Quickly, rapidly, soon: numero significat cito,Non. 352, 16 sq.: (apes) si quando displicatae sunt, cymbalis et plausibus numero reducunt in locum unum,Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 7. With nimis: perfalsum et abs te creditum numero nimis, too quickly, too soon, Afran. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 170 Müll.: numquam nimis numero quemquam vidi facere, quam facto est opus, Turp. ap. Non. 352, 20. In a bad sense, too quickly, too hastily, too soon: Menaechme, numero huc advenis ad prandium: Nunc opsonatu redeo,Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 13: numero dicis,id. Cas. 3, 5, 28; id. Mil. 5, 1, 6: o Apella, o Zeuxis pictor, Cur numero estis mortui, hinc exemplum ut pingeretis?
Numida Nŭmĭda, ae, m., = Νομάς, a nomad: Arabia Numidarum,Vitr. 8, 3, 8 ( = Arabia Nomadum, Plin. 5, 16, 15, § 72): Numidas dicimus quos Graeci Νομάδας, sive quod id genus hominum pecoribus negotietur, sive quod herbis, ut pecora aluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll. In partic., a Numidian; usually in the plur., Nŭmĭ-dae, ārum, the Numidians, a people of Northern Africa, between Mauritania and the territory of Carthage, in the modern Algiers, Sall. J. 46, 3; 66, 2; 89, 7; Liv. 29, 31; 34; Verg. A. 4, 41; Hor. C. 3, 11, 47. Enslaved and used in Rome as mounted attendants and messengers,Sen. Ep. 87, 8; 123, 6; Tac. H. 2, 40; Inscr. Orell. 2877: Numidarum columnae,i. e.
Numisius Nŭmĭsĭus, a, the name of a Roman and Latin gens. C. Numisius, Liv. 41, 8. T. Numisius Tarquiniensis, Liv. 45, 17. Numisius Tiro, Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 8. Numisius Lupus, Tac. H. 1, 79; 3, 10. Numisius Rufus, Tac. H. 4, 22; 59; 70. Numisius, a Latin chieftain, Liv. 8, 11. Hence, Nŭmĭsĭānus, a, um (Nŭmĕsĭānus, Isid. Orig. 17, 5), adj., of or belonging to a Numisius, Numisian: Numisiana vitis,Col. 3, 2, 2; 7; 12, 43, 9; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 34.
numisma nŭmisma and nummisma, ătis, v. nomisma.
Numistro Nŭmistro, ōnis, f., a city in Lucania, near the mod. Muro, Liv. 27, 2, 4; Front. 2, 2, 6. Hence, Nŭmistrāni or Nŭ-mestrāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Numistro, Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 98.
nummatio nummātĭo or nūmāt-, MSS. reading, Cic. Phil. 2, 45, 115; where Halm and Madv. have nundinatione, B. and K. mutatione.
nummatus nummātus (nūmāt-), a, um, adj.numus, moneyed, furnished with money, rich: homo bene nummatus,Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 58: bene nummatum decorat Suadela Venusque,Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 38: nummatior revertor,App. M. 1, p. 105, 19.
Nummosexpalponides Nummos -expalpōnĭdes, ae, m.nummus-expalpor, a flatterer for money, a fictitious comic name, Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 22.
nummosus nummōsus (nūm-), a, um, adj.nummus, well furnished with money, wealthy, rich (for the usual nummatus), hoc inclinamentum hujuscemodi verborum, ut vinosus, mulierosus, religiosus, nummosus, significat copiam quandam immodicam rei, super quā dicitur, Nigid. ap. Gell. 4, 9, 2.
nummulariolus nummŭlārĭŏlus (nūm-), i, m.dim.nummularius, a money-changer, Sen. Apocol. med.
nummularius nummŭlārĭus (nūm-), a, um, adj.nummulus, of or belonging to moneychanging; as adj. very rare: mensa,Dig. 14, 3, 20.Subst.: nummŭlārĭus (nūm-), ii, m., a money-changer, moneybroker, mensarius (post-Aug.; cf. argentarius): nummulario, non ex fide versanti pecunias, manus amputavit mensaeque ejus affixit,Suet. Galb. 9; Petr. 56; Dig. 16, 3, 7; Mart. 12, 57, 8.An officer of the mint who tested the silver before it was coined, Inscr. Orell. 3226; 3227.
nummulus nummŭlus (nūm-), i, m.dim.nummus, some money, money: nummulis acceptis,Cic. Att. 1, 16, 6: nummulorum aliquid,id. ib. 1, 19, 9: nihil aliud curant, nisi agros, nisi villulas, nisi nummulos suos,id. ib. 8, 13, 2.
nummus nummus (thus written in the better MSS., others nūmus), i (gen. plur. usu. nummūm, but nummorum, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 115; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 49, § 117; Hor. S. 2, 3, 149, etc.), m.from root νέμω; cf. numerus, a piece of money, a coin, money. In gen.: adulterini,
,id. Off. 8, 10, 1; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 199; cf.: (hominem) non modo in aere alieno nullo, sed in suis nummis multis esse et semper fuisse,id. ib. 2, 4, 6, § 11; jactabatur enim temporibus illis nummus sic, ut nemo posset scire, quid haberet,
,Pers. 3, 69; cf. Sen. Ep. 19, 10: crescit amor nummi, Juv 14, 139. In partic. A Roman silver coin, called also nummus sestertius, and simply sestertius (v. sestertius), a sesterce: eccos trīs nummos habes,Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 1: cogit Scandilium quinque illa milia nummum dare atque annumerare Apronio,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 140; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 61, § 140: binis milibus nummum,Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 8; cf. for the gen. nummūm, Cic. Or. 46, 156, and v. Ritschl, prol. p. 89; gen. nummorum, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 5; Suet. Aug. 46 fin.; id. Dom. 4 fin.; Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 167 With sestertius, Liv. 8, 11: percipere mille nongentos quinquaginta sestertios nummos,Col. 3, 3, 9: sestertiis sescentis nummis,id. 3, 3, 9, § 13.Transf., like our farthing, cent, to denote a very small sum, a trifle, low price, etc.: assident, subducunt, ad nummum convenit,
to a farthing, to a cent
,Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12: ecquis est ex tanto populo, qui bona C. Rabirii nummo sestertio sibi addici velit?
numquam numquam or nunquam (both in good use; the former prevails before the Augustan age), adv.ne-umquam, at no time, never: numquam edepol med istoc vinces,Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 13: quod (principium) si numquam oritur, ne occidit quidem umquam,Cic. Rep. 6, 25, 27; id. Att. 14, 13, 6: videre mihi videor tantam dimicationem, quanta numquam fuit,id. ib. 7, 1, 2: illum numquam, dum haec natio viveret sine curā futurum,id. Sest. 63, 132: numquam ante hoc tempus,Caes. B. G. 1, 44: numquam donec,Liv. 34, 23. Followed by a negative. By a clause with quin, ut non, to denote that which always occurs: numquam fui usquam, quin me omnes amarent plurimum,Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 62: numquam epistulam tuam accipio, ut non protinus una simus,Sen. Ep. 40, 1. With a negative in the same clause, affirmatively: numquam non ineptum,
Numquampostreddonides Numquampostreddōnĭdes, ae, m.numquam-post-reddo, who never will return any thing, a comically formed name: Quodsemelarripides Numquampostreddonides,Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 22 (dub.; al. Numquamposteaeripides, from whom one can never recover any thing, Nevergetagain's son).
numquando numquando, more correctly written separate, num quando; v. num.
numquid num-quid (nunqu-), adv. interrog. In a direct interrogation, where there is no corresponding term in English: numquid meministi?
numquis num-quis (nunqu-), qui, quae (qua), quod, pron. interrog. adj., usually written separate, num quis; v. num.
nunc nunc, adv.Sanscr. nu, nūnam, now; Gr. νύ, νῦν; cf. Lat. num, with demonstr. -ce, now, at present, at this time (prop of that which is present to the speaker or writer). In gen. Contrasted with past time (opp. tum, tunc, antea, quondam, aliquando, olim, etc.): longe aliam, inquam, praebes nunc atque olim,Plaut. As. 1, 3, 53; Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 4: alium esse censes nunc me atque olim,id. And. 3, 3, 13: omnia, quae sunt conclusa nunc artibus, dispersa quondam fuerunt,Cic. de Or 1, 42, 187: sed tu illum animum nunc adhibe, quaeso, quo me tum esse oportere censebas,id. Fam. 6, 1, 16; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 24; Verg. A. 6, 776: sed erat tunc excusatio oppressis; nunc nulla est,Cic. Phil. 7, 5, 14; Liv. 4, 34, 6; 4, 25, 13: arx minus aliquanto nunc munita quam antea,Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 13: nunc si videtur, hoc; illud alias,id. Tusc. 1, 11, 23; Liv. 29, 18, 18; Suet. Tib. 29: aut nunc ... aut aliquando,Cic. Mil. 25, 67: ante hoc tempus numquam ... sed nunc,id. Ac. 1, 1, 3. Contrasted with future time (opp. postea, mox, olim, etc.): Cluentio nisi nunc satisfecero, postea satisfaciendi potestas non erit,Cic. Clu. 4, 10; Liv. 39, 19, 6: deos nunc testes esse, mox fore ultores,id. 3, 2, 4; 3, 25, 8: qui olim nominabitur, nunc intellegitur,Quint. 10, 1, 104; Verg. A. 4, 627; cf. Liv. 40, 15, 4.Absol. of present time, without suggestion of contrast, = hodie, nostro tempore: nunc tibi pater hic est,Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 21: Marcellus, qui nunc aedilis curulis est,Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 57. With the interrog. ne, in the form nun-cine (for num-ce-ne; ante-class.): hem, nuncin demum?Ter. And. 4, 1, 59. Strengthened by demum, denique, primum (v. h. vv.): nunc demum intellego,Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 62; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 12: nunc demum rescribo his litteris,Cic. Att. 16, 3, 1: tantum accessit, ut mihi nunc denique amare videar, antea dilexisse,id. ib. 14, 17, A, 5; id. Fam. 9, 14, 11; Ov. A. A. 3, 121: nunc, quam rem oratum huc veni, primum proloquar,Plaut. Am. prol. 50; 2, 2, 63; 2, 2, 52: nunc primum hoc aures tuae crimen accipiunt?Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; 2, 2, 60, § 147: hoc quoque propter tuos ternos denarios nunc primum postulatur,id. ib. 2, 3, 25, § 63. In special phrases. Ut nunc est, as things now are, in the present state of affairs, as matters stand: constitui, ut nunc est, cum exercitu proficisci, Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 31, 17: quae (causae) si manebunt ... et, ut nunc est, mansurae videntur,Cic. Att. 12, 29, 1: suaviter, ut nunc est, inquam,Hor. S. 1, 9, 5. Qui nunc sunt, the men of this time, those now living, the present age: judiciis, qui nunc sunt. hominum,Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15, § 43; Plin. 22, 25, 71, § 147; cf.: tace stulta: non tu nunc hominum mores vides?
of the men of this day
,Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 57. Nunc ipsum, just now, at this very time: quin nunc ipsum non dubitabo rem tantam abicere si id erit rectius,Cic. Att. 7, 3, 2; 8, 9, 2; 12, 40, 2: nunc tamen ipsum,id. ib. 12, 16, 11. Nunc repeated with emphasis: nunc, nunc o liceat crudelem abrumpere vitam,Verg. A. 8, 579 (al. nunc o nunc); 5, 189: nunc, nunc adeste, nunc in hostiles domos Iram vertite,Hor. Epod. 5, 53.Transf. Of past or future time, conceived as present, now, at that time. Of past time: id adeo nos nunc factum invenimus,Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 46: item Menandri Phasma nunc nuper dedit (Gr. νῦν ἄρτι), Ter. Eun. prol. 9: nunc in causā refrixit,Cic. Planc. 23, 55: quos ego campos antea nitidissimos vidissem, hos ita vastatos nunc videbam, ut, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47: nunc reus erat apud Crassum,id. Att. 2, 24, 4: cum eum antea tui similem in dicendo viderim, tum vero nunc ... multo videbam similiorem,id. Brut. 71, 250: incerto nunc etiam exitu victoriae signa intulerunt,Caes. B. G. 7, 62, 6; 6, 40, 6: nunc Saliaribus Ornare pul vinar deorum Tempus erat dapibus, Hor C. 1, 37, 2. Esp. in orat. obliq., where the nunc of direct narration is retained: dixit, nunc demum se voti esse damnatum, Nep Timol. 5, 3; Liv. 3, 19, 8; 3, 40, 10; 8, 33, 18; 8, 34, 3; 42, 52, 8: nec nunc adulteria objecturum ait,Tac. A. 11, 30; cf. Nipperd. ad Tac. A. 14, 35; Krebs, Antibarb. p. 774. Of future time (rare): quis nunc te adibit? Cui videberis bella? Quem nunc amabis?Cat. 8, 16 sq.; Just. 8, 2, 10. Of the state of affairs, the condition of the argument, etc., now, under these circumstances, in view of this. In gen.: nunc quoniam hominem generavit et ornavit deus, perspicuum sit, etc.,Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 27; Prop. 4, 9, 73: vera igitur illa sunt nunc omnia,Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 106: non ego nunc vereor, ne sis mihi vilior istis,Prop. 1, 2, 25; Ov. F. 1, 333: nunc itaque et versus et cetera ludicra pono,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 10: quid nunc?Plaut. As. 3, 3, 71; id. Aul. 2, 3, 77. Introducing a fact or conclusion opposed to a previous supposition or thought: etiamsi ad vos esset singulos aliquid ex hoc agro perventurum, tamen honestius eum vos universi quam singuli possideretis. Nunc vero cum ad nos nihil pertineat, etc.,Cic. Agr. 2, 31, 85; id. Tusc. 3, 1, 2; id. Cat. 2, 7, 16; id. Font. 11, 24: si ecastor nunc habeas quod des, alia verba perhibeas; nunc quia nihil habes, maledictis te eam ductare postulas,Plaut. As. 1, 3, 36; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 8; Quint. 8, 6, 48; 10, 5, 7; Liv. 21, 40, 3: quodsi Mazaeus supervenisset, ingens clades accipi potuit: nunc, dum ille segnis in eo tumulo sedet, etc.,Curt. 4, 12, 15. Nunc ... nunc, now ... now; at one time, at another; sometimes ... sometimes: tribuni plebis nunc fraudem, nunc neglegentiam consulum accusabant,Liv. 4, 2: nunc hac parte, nunc illā,id. 34, 13: ut nunc in liminibus starent, nunc errabundi domos suas pervagarentur,id. 1, 29: nunc hos, nunc illos aditus omnemque pererrat Arte locum,Verg. A. 5, 441; 5, 189: nunc huc, nunc illuc curro,Ov. H. 10, 19. Also thrice repeated: nunc ad prima signa, nunc in medium, nunc in ultimo agmine aderat,Curt. 7, 3, 17; Just. 4, 1, 4; and even five times,Sen. Dial. 5 (Ira), 3, 6. The first nunc is sometimes poetically omitted: pariterque sinistros, Nunc dextros solvere sinus, Verg. A. 5, 830. Nunc ... mox, Vell. 2, 63. Nunc ... postremo, Liv. 3, 49. Nunc ... modo, Liv. 8, 32; Ov. M. 13, 922. In forming a climax, but now, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8: quae quidem multo plura evenirent, si ad quietem integri iremus: nunc onusti cibo et vino perturbata et confusa cernimus,Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60: si haec non ad cives Romanos, si non ad homines, verum ad bestias conqueri vellem, tamen tantā rerum atrocitate commoverentur. Nunc vero cum loquar apud senatores populi Romani, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 171: si ... nunc (vero),id. Font. 11, 25; id. Cat. 2, 7, 14; id. Fam. 15, 13, 3: cum aliquid videbatur caveri posse, tum id neglegi dolebam; nunc vero, eversis omnibus rebus, etc.,id. ib. 6, 21, 1: cum ... nunc vero, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 19, 1. In a transition, to introduce a new subject, in that case, now, then: abi nunc, populi fidem implora, Auct. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3; Sen. Ben. 5, 12, 3 sq.; 6, 35, 5; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 17; cf. Sall. J. 14, 17; for nunciam, v. jam, I. A. 1. b.
nuncia nuncĭa (nunt-), ae, v. nuntius.
nuncine nuncĭnĕ (nuncc-), v. nunc, I. A. fin.
nuncubi nuncŭbī, adv.from num with -cubi, anywhere? whether anywhere? (ante-class.): nuncubi hic vides citrum, aut aurum?Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 4; 2, 5, 2.Transf., at any time? ever? nuncubi meam Benignitatem sensisti in te claudier? Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 83.
nuncupatim nuncŭpātim, adv.nuncupo, by name (post-class.), Sid. Ep. 9, 16in carm.;Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 2, 9 fin.
nuncupatio nuncŭpātĭo, ōnis, f.id., a naming, calling; a name, appellation (post-Aug.). In gen.: justitiam universae virtutis nuncupatione complectitur,App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 15, 39: regum, id. de Mundo, p. 68, 24: nuncupatio Augusta,
the title of Augustus
,Amm. 23, 6, 2. In partic. A naming or appointing as heir: cum a parentibus inter liberos palam heres nuncuparetur, derisores vocabat, quod post nuncupationem vivere perseverarent,Suet. Calig. 38; cf. Gai. Inst. 2, §§ 104, 109; Ulp. Reg. t. 20, § 9; Dig. 28, 6, 18; 28, 16, 20.A dedication of a book: mihi patrocinia ademi nuncupatione, Plin. H. N. praef. § 8.A public pronouncing of vows: votorum nuncupationes,Tac. A. 16, 22; Suet. Ner. 46: sollennium verborum,
nuncupativus nuncŭpātīvus, a, umid., so-called, nominal, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 1, 22. Hence, adv.: nuncŭpātīvē, nominally, Hier. in Psa. 26; Facund. Def 1, 4.
nuncupator nuncŭpātor, ōris, m.id., a namer (post-class.): Pythagoras primus philosophiae nuncupator et conditor,App. Flor. p. 352, 13.
nuncupo nuncŭpo, āvi, ātum, 1 (nuncupassit for nuncupaverit; v.in the foll.), v. a.nomencapio, to call by name, to call, name (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.; esp. in jurid. lang.: quem cultrix nomine nostro nuncupat,Ov. F. 1, 246; cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153; Quint. 8, 3, 27 Spald. N. cr.; cf.: designo, declaro, dico): nuncupare nominare valere apparet in legibus, ubi nuncupatae pecuniae sunt scriptae; item in choro, in quo est: Aenea! Quis est qui meum nomen nuncupat? Item in Medio: Quis tu es mulier, quae me insueto nuncupāsti nomine?Varr. L. L. 6, § 60 Müll.: CVM NEXVM FACIET MANCIPIVMQVE VTI LINGVA NVNCVPASSIT ITA IVS ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.; cf. Cic. Off. 3, 16, 65; cf. also id. de Or. 1, 57, 245: nuncupata pecunia est nominata, certa (nomine certa?), nominibus propriis pronuntiata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.: tum illud, quod erat a deo donatum, nomine ipsius dei nuncupabant,Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 71: res utiles deorum vocabulis,id. ib. 1, 15, 38; Plin. 4, 12, 27, § 91: Pompeii M. titulos omnes triumphosque hoc in loco nuncupari,id. 7, 26, 27, § 95: aliquam reginam,Just. 24, 2, 9: aliquem Caesarem,Aur. Vict. Caes. 23, 2: Indigetem,Ov. M. 14, 608. Poet.: alicujus fidem, to invoke, Pac. ap. Non. 90, 11 (Trag. Rel. p. 78, v 141 Rib.). In partic. Nuncupare heredem, to name publicly before witnesses as one's heir: heredes palam, ita ut exaudiri possint nuncupandi sunt,Dig. 28, 1, 21: voce nuncupatus heres,Just. 12, 15 fin.; Dig. 37, 11, 8: nuncupatum testamentum, a testament drawn up in the presence of witnesses, in which the testator names his heirs, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 5. In gen., to constitute or appoint as one's heir, Suet. Claud. 4; id. Calig. 38: nec quia offendit alius, nuncuparis, sed quia ipse meruisti,Plin. Pan. 43.To announce publicly, proclaim formally: consultatum pro rostris an in senatu an in castris adoptio nuncuparetur,Tac. H. 1, 17.To pronounce vows publicly, to offer vows, to vow: vota nuncupata dicuntur, quae consules, praetores cum in provinciam proficiscuntur faciunt: ea in tabulas praesentibus multis referuntur. At Santra L. II. de verborum antiquitate satis multis nuncupata colligit non directo nominata significare, sed promissa et quasi testificata, circumscripta, recepta, quod etiam in votis nuncupandis esse convenientius, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.; Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 11; Liv. 21, 63: cum consul more majorum secundum vota in Capitolio nuncupata, cum lictoribus paludatus profectus ab urbe esset,id. 41, 10: solvere vota nuncupata pro incolumitate exercitus,Val. Max. 1, 1 fin.
nuncusque nunc-usque, adv., until now (postclass.), Amm. 14, 2, 13 al.
nundialis nundĭālis, v. nundinalis.
nundina nundĭna, ae, f., v. nundinus, II.
Nundina Nundĭna, ae, f., v. nundinus, I.
nundinae nundĭnae, ārum, f., v. nundinus, II.
nundinalis nundĭnālis, e, adj.nundinae, of or belonging to the nundinae: nundinalis cocus,
a bad cook, employed only on marketdays
,Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 45; cf. id. Ps. 3, 2, 6, sqq. (or perhaps nundinalis stands for nundinarius, v. h. v., and nundinalis cocus is a market-cook, one who sets up a movable kitchen for the people who come to market. Wagner prefers the reading nundialis, and explains the phrase, a cook hired only for the silicernium, fit only to prepare a funeral feast; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.).
nundinaticius nundĭnātīcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj.nundinor, for sale (post-class.): capita,i. e.
the unveiled faces of girls
,Tert. Virg. Vel. 3.
nundinatio nundĭnātĭo, ōnis, f.id., lit., the holding of a market or fair; hence, a trading, trafficking, buying and selling: fuit nundinatio aliqua, et isti non nova, ne causam diceret,Cic. Verr 2, 5, 5, § 10: quae libido in jure dicundo fuerit, quae varietas decretorum, quae nundinatio,id. ib. 2, 1, 46, § 120: juris et fortunarum,id. Agr. 1, 3, 9; id. Phil. 2, 45, 115 Orell. N. cr.The market-price, Cod. Th. 7, 4, 32.
nundinator nundĭnātor, ōris, m.id., a trader, trafficker. Lit., Paul. ex Fest. s. v. nundinae, p. 173 Müll.: NVNDINATOR, an appellation of Mercury as the patron deity of brokers, Inscr. Rein. cl. 1, n. 80.Trop.: nundinator salutis publicae, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 12, 3.
nundino nundĭno, āre, v. nundinor fin.
nundinor nundĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep.nundinae. Lit., to attend or hold market, to trade, traffic (syn. mercor): in captivorum pretiis, nec victoris animo, nec magni ducis more nundinans,
chaffering
,Liv. 22, 56: nefandis nundinandi commerciis,Amm. 31, 5; Macr. S. 1, 16.Transf., to come together in large numbers: in Solonio, ubi ad focum angues nundinari solent,Cic. Div. 2, 31, 66.Trop., to get by trafficking; to purchase, buy: nundinari senatorium nomen,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122: jus ab aliquo,id. ib. 2, 1, 46, § 119: totum imperium populi Romani,id. Phil. 3, 4, 10.To trade away, to sell: constabat eum in cognitionibus patriis nundinari praemiarique solitum,Suet. Tib. 7: judices sententias suas pretio nundinantur,App. M. 10, p. 255, 13. Act. collat. form nundĭno, to sell (postclass.): nundinatum pudorem, Firm. Math. 6, 31 fin.; Auct. ap. Capitol. Gord. 24 fin.; so in part. perf.: nundinatus, traded away, sold, Firm. Math. 6, 31 med.; Prud. στεφ. 10, 969; Tert. Virg. Vel. 13.
nundinum nundĭnum, i, n., v. nundinus, III.
nundinus nundĭnus, a, um, adj.novem-dies, of or belonging to nine days; hence, subst.Nundĭna, ae, f. (sc. dea), the goddess who presided over the purification and naming of infants, which took place in the case of boys on the ninth and in that of girls on the eighth day after birth, Macr. S. 1, 16, 36.nundĭnae, ārum (sing. collat. form nundĭna, ae, Sid. Ep. 7, 5), f., the ninth day, i. e. the market-day, the weekly market; denoting the time, the place, and the business (on market-days the country people came into the city for the purpose of buying and selling, and of attending to public and religious affairs): nundinas feriatum diem esse voluerunt antiqui, ut rustici convenirent mercandi vendendique causā: eumque nefastum, ne, si liceret cum populo agi, interpellarentur nundinatores, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.; cf.: Rutilius scribit, Romanos instituisse nundinas, ut octo quidem diebus in agris rustici opus facerent, nono autem die, intermisso rure, ad mercatum Legesque accipiendas Romam venirent,Macr. S. 1, 16, § 34: annum ita diviserunt, ut nonis modo diebus urbanas res usurparent, reliquis VII. ut rura colerent,Varr. R. R. 2 praef. § 1: erat in eo ipso loco nundinarum πανήγυρις, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 1: illi Capuam nundinas rusticorum, horreum Campani agri esse voluerunt,id. Agr. 2, 33, 89; Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 28; 18, 3, 3, § 13: farris pretium in trinis nundinis ad assem redegit,id. 18, 3, 4, § 15.Trop., trade, traffic, sale: totius rei publicae nundinae,Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 11; cf.: vectigalium flagitiosissimae nundinae,id. ib. 2, 14, 35.nundĭnum, i, n., the markettime, for the most part only in the connection inter nundinum, the time between two nundinae, and trinum nundinum, the time of three nundinae, or at least seventeen days (reckoned from the first market-day to the third, inclusive; it was necessary that this period should expire before a bill could be put to the vote. Macr. S. 1, 16, § 34): si nihil gustat inter nundinum, Lucil. ap. Non. 214, 28: quoties priscus homo ac rusticus Romanus inter nundinum barbam radebat,Varr. ib. 214, 30; 32: postquam comitia decemviris creandis in trinum nundinum indicta sunt,
on the third market-day
,Liv. 3, 35: rogatio sive non trino forte nundino promulgata sive non idoneo die,Quint. 2, 4, 35: quod in ceteris legibus trinum nundinum esse oportet,Cic. Dom. 16, 41: primo nundino,Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.The duration of the consulship, under the emperors ( = two months), Vop. Tac. 9; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 43.
nunquam nunquam and nunquis, v. numquam and numquis.
nuntia nuntĭa, v. nuntius, II. C.
nuntiatio nuntĭātĭo (nunc-), ōnis, f.nuntio, used only in relig. and jurid. lang. In relig. lang., a declaring, announcing; a declaration, announcement made by the augur respecting what he has observed: nos nuntiationem solum habemus: consules etiam spectionem,Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 81; 5, 3, 9. In jurid. Lat., an announcement, notice, declaration, information. So of an information respecting ownerless goods which fall to the fiscus: variae causae sunt ex quibus nuntiatio ad fiscum fieri solet,Dig. 49, 14, 1: novi operis, an information lodged respecting a work undertaken by another to one's injury: de novi operis nunciatione,Cod. Just. 8, tit. 11; Dig. 39, 1, tit. 1; 5, etc.
nuntiatrix nuntĭātrix (nunc-), īcis, f.nuntiator, she that announces (late Lat.), Cassiod. Var. 2, 14.
nuntio nuntĭo (nunc-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.nuntius, to announce, declare, report, relate, narrate, make known, inform, give intelligence of, etc. (cf.: narro, indico, trado, scribo, dico, certiorem facio, etc.). In gen., alike of verbal and of written communications; constr. acc. of thing and dat. of person; for the acc. may stand an acc. and inf., a clause with ut or ne and subj., or subj. alone, or with de and abl.; for the dat. an acc. with ad (ante-class.); in pass., both personal and impersonal, the latter most usually, esp. in perf. nuntiatum est, with subj.-clause. Act. With acc. of thing (dat. of person): non dubito quin celerius tibi hoc rumor, quam ullius nostrum litterae nuntiārint,Cic. Att. 1, 15, 1: horas quinque puer nondum tibi nuntiat,Mart. 8, 67, 1: senatui ac populo victoriam,Suet. Ner. 1: ut nuntiarem nuntium exoptabilem,Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 67: voluptatem magnam,Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 10: quid est, quod percipi possit, si ne sensus quidem vera nuntiant,Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 79: talia tibi,Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 6: horas,
to tell the time of day
,Mart. 8, 67, 1; 10, 48, 1; cf. Tac. A. 15, 30. With clause: qui nuntiarent, prope omnes naves afflictas esse,Caes. B. G. 5, 10; 4, 11, 6: nuntiate regi vestro, regem Romanum deos facere testes,Liv. 1, 22, 7: litterae tuae laeta continebant, quod te in urbe teneri nuntiabant,Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1: visus est talis, qualem esse eum tuae mihi litterae nuntiārant,Cic. Att. 1, 19, 11. With ut, ne, or subj.: Catilinae nuntiare, ne eum Lentulus aliique terrerent,Sall. C. 48, 4: deligit centurionem qui nuntiaret regibus ne armis disceptarent,Tac. A. 2, 65: nuntiatum, ut prodiret,Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 358: Vibius nuntiavit Pisoni Romam ad dicendam causam veniret,Tac. A. 2, 79: jubet nuntiare miserae, dicendam ad causam postero die adesset,id. ib. 11, 37; Dig. 49, 14, 44. With inf.: ergo nuntiat patri abicere spem et uti necessitate,Tac. A. 16, 11 init.Absol.: Ly. Salutem multam dicito patrono. Cu. Nuntiabo, I will do so, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 38.Passive constructions. Pers.: utinam meus nunc mortuos pater ad me nuntietur,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 76: aquatores premi nuntiantur,Caes. B. C. 1, 73: crebris motibus terrae ruere in agris nuntiabantur tecta,Liv. 4, 21, 5: (tribuni) summā vi restare nuntiabantur,id. 4, 58, 4; 22, 54, 9: hoc adeo celeriter fecit, ut simul adesse, et venire nuntiaretur,Caes. B. G. 3, 36: jamjam adesse ejus equites nuntiabantur,id. ib. 1, 14; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 1.Impers.: conantibus, priusquam id effici posset, adesse Romanos nuntiatur,Caes. B. G. 6, 4, 1: Caesari nuntiatur Sulmonenses cupere, etc.,id. B. C. 1, 18, 1: nuntiatur Afranio magnos commeatus ad flumen constitisse,id. ib. 1, 51, 1: non dubie mihi nuntiabatur Parthos transīsse Euphratem,Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 1; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 87; id. Mil. 18, 48: nuntiatum est nobis a M. Varrone, venisse eum Romā,Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 1: cum paulo esset de hoc incommodo nuntiatum,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41: nuntiatumque Hannibali est,Liv. 23, 19, 11; Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 1; Tac. A. 2, 79. Absol.: occiso Sex. Roscio, qui primus Ameriam nuntiat?
,Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 20. In partic., in jurid. Lat., to denounce, inform against: causam pecuniae fisco,Dig. 49, 14, 39; cf.: cum heres decessisset, exstitit qui bona nuntiaret,ib. 29, 5, 22: opus novum, to inform against a work undertaken by another to one's injury: opus novum, si tibi nuntiavero,ib. 4, 7, 3; 16; 43, 20, 3.
nuntius nuntĭus, a, um, adj.perh. contr. from noventius, from obsol. novēre, to make new; v. novus. That announces, signifies, makes known; announcing, informing (poet.): nuntia fibra deos?Tib. 2, 1, 26: fratre reversuro, nuntia venit avis,Mart. 8, 32, 8: nuntia littera,Ov. H. 6, 9: simulacra In mentes hominum divinae nuntia formae,Lucr. 6, 77; cf. id. 4, 704: habes animi nuntia verba mei,Ov. H. 16, 10: exta venturae nuntia sortis,Tib. 3, 4, 5. Usually as subst.nuntĭum, i, n., an announcement, message, news (rare): ad aures nova nuntia referens,
this new message
,Cat. 63, 75; cf.: nuntius est qui nuntiat, nuntium, quod nuntiatur,Serv. Verg. A. 11, 896: de caelo nuntium erit,Varr. L. L. 6, 86: tyrannum perturbant nuntia,Sedul. 2, 474.nuntĭus, i, m., a bearer of news, one who brings intelligence, a reporter, messenger, courier (freq. and class.); both of persons and things: Mercurius Jovis qui nuntius perhibetur,Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 1: ad me rus advenit nuntius,id. Merc. 4, 1, 1: o hominem fortunatum, qui ejusmodi nuntios, seu potius Pegasos habet,Cic. Quint. 25, 80: litteris, nuntiis, cohortationibus omnes excitare. id. Phil. 14, 7, 20: facere aliquem certiorem per nuntium, id. Att. 11, 24, 4: aliquid audire sine capite, sine auctore, rumore nuntio,id. Fam. 12, 10, 1: litteras et nuntios mittere ad aliquem,Caes. B. G. 1, 26: nuntius ibis Pelidae,Verg. A. 2, 547: nuntius adfert rem,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25: nuntius ales, i. e. Mercurius,Ov. H. 16, 68: Mercurius, nuntius Jovis et deorum,Hor. C. 1, 10, 5: nuntii afferunt Darium premi a Scythis,Nep. Milt. 3, 3. Poet., of a woman: huic dea ... utinam non hic tibi nuntius essem,Val. Fl. 2, 141.A messenger, the bearer of a written message, = tabellarius (very rare): nuntio ipsius, qui litteras attulerat dici (placuit),Liv. 42, 37, 6. Abstract. In gen., a message, news, tidings: nuntium exoptabilem nuntiare,Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 67: opta ergo ob istunc nuntium quidvis tibi,id. Merc. 5, 2, 65: inest lepos in nuntio tuo magnus,id. Rud. 2, 3, 22: acerbum nuntium alicui perferre,Cic. Balb. 28, 64: de Q. Fratre nuntii nobis tristes venerunt,id. Att. 3, 17, 1: exoptatum nuntium alicui afferre,id. Rosc. Am. 7, 19: nuntium optatissimum accipere,id. Fam. 2, 19, 1: nuntium perferre,id. Lig. 3, 7: nuntium ferre ad aliquem,Liv. 4, 41: horribilis nuntius affertur,Cat. 84, 10; Verg. A. 8, 582. In partic. A command, order, injunction: quos senatus ad denuntiandum bellum miserat, nisi legatorum nuntio paruisset,Cic. Fam. 12, 24, 2; Nep. Chabr. 3, 1. Nuntium uxori remittere or mittere, to send one's wife a letter of divorce, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 183; 56, 238; id. Att. 1, 13, 3; Dig. 24, 2, 4; 24, 3, 22. Also of a woman who separates from her husband, Cic. Top. 4, 19; App. M. 9, p. 230 med. Of the annulling of a betrothment: si invito patrono nuntium sponsa liberta remiserit,Dig. 23, 2, 45. Of the rejection of the marriage contract by the parents and guardians: ego adeo jam illi remittam nuntium adfini meo,Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 74: si puellae tutores ad infringenda sponsalia nuntium miserint,Dig. 23, 1, 6. Hence, transf.: virtuti nuntium remittere,
nuper nūper, adv.for novum-per; cf. semper, newly, lately, recently, not long ago. Lit.: quamquam haec inter nos nuper notitia admodumst,Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 1 Flect. Ussing. (al. nupera): nuper, et quid dico nuper? immo vero modo, ac plane paulo ante vidimus,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; Verg. E. 2, 25; 3, 2; 99; 5, 14 al.: de quo sum nuper tecum locutus,Cic. Att. 14, 7, 2; 13, 29: is, qui nuper Romae fuit,id. de Or 1, 19, 85: fac, quod fecisti nuper in curiā,id. Lig. 12, 37; id. Div. in Caecil. 20, 64: miseraeque nuper virgines nuptae,Hor. C. 2, 8, 22. Followed by cum, Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 229; Liv. 28, 42, 14. Sup.: ab eo quod ille nuperrime dixerit,Cic. Inv. 1, 17, 24: quoniam nuperrime dictum facillime memoriae mandatur,Auct. Her. 3, 10, 18. Esp.: nunc nuper,
,Hor. C. 3, 11, 11: ab eis nuptiis abhorrere,Cic. Clu. 9, 27: conciliare,Nep. Att. 5, 3: quae nuptiae non diuturnae fuerunt,Cic. Clu. 12, 35: Cornificia vetula sane et multarum nuptiarum,id. Att. 13, 29, 1: ut minores ante tradamus ad nuptias,Vulg. Gen. 29, 26: providebit puellae nuptias et vestimenta,ib. Exod. 21, 10: incestae,Gai. Inst. 1, 59.Transf., of sexual intercourse: cujus mater cotidianis nuptiis delectabatur,Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45; Just. 31, 6, 3; Petr. 26. Of a change of form, i. e. union with a new body: illae suae monstruosae nuptiae, said of Lucius, who was transformed into an ass,App. M. 7, 22, p. 197.
nurus nŭrus, ūs (dat. nuru, Tac. A. 6, 29. Form nŭra, Rénier, Inscr. Afr. 1590), f.for snurus, kindr. with Sanscr. snusha and the Old Germ. snur, Schnur; Gr. νυός, a daughter-in-law. Lit.: uno animo omnes socrus oderunt nurus,Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 4; Cic. Phil. 2, 24, 58; Verg. A. 2, 501: jam tua, Laomedon, oritur nurus,i. e.
nus nūs, m., = νοῦς. In gen., the understanding (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 2, § 126. In partic., one of the æons of Valentinian, Tert. adv. Valent. 7; 9.
nuscitiosum nuscitiōsum (nusciciōsum) Ateius Philologus ait appellari solitum, qui propter oculorum vitium parum videret. At Opilius Aurelius nusciciones (fort. leg. nuscitiones) esse caecitudines nocturnas: Aelius Stilo, qui plus videret vesperi, quam meridie, nec cognosceret. nisi quod usque ad oculos admovisset, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.
nutatio nūtātĭo, ōnis, f.id. (post-Aug.). A nodding: capitis,Plin. 11, 37, 49, § 135. A swaying. Lit.: frequens et in utramque partem nutatio,Quint. 11, 3, 129.Trop., a shaking, tottering: nutatio reipublicae,Plin. Pan. 5, 6.
nutiquam nutĭquam, v. neutiquam.
nuto nūto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. [nuo (of re-nuo, ab-nuo); Gr. νεύω; cf. numen, nutus], to nod with the head. Lit.: neque illa ulli homini nutet, nictet, annuat,Plaut. As. 4, 1, 39; id. Merc. 2, 3, 72: capite nutat,id. Mil. 2, 2, 52: crebro capitis motu nutans. Suet. Calig. 38: nutans. Distorquens oculos,Hor. S. 1, 9, 64. Esp., to command by a nod or sign: nutat ne loquar,Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 48. In gen., to sway to and fro, to totter, shake, stagger. Lit.: nutant circumspectantibus galeae, et incerti trepidant,Liv. 4, 37: ornus,Verg. A. 2, 629; 9, 682: percutiens nutanti pectora mento,Ov. M. 11, 620: nutans machinamentum,Tac. H. 4, 30: nutantem vulnere civem,Juv. 15, 156: rami pondere,Ov. A. A. 2, 263: cristae,Sil. 1, 501: turres,Luc. 6, 136: plaustra,Juv. 3, 256.Trop.To waver in one's opinion or judgment; to doubt, hesitate: etiam Democritus nutare videtur in naturā Deorum,Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120: sic animus vario labefactus vulnere nutat,Ov. M. 10, 375; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 614; 4, 197.To falter in one's fidelity, to be faithless: ac primo Festūs nutabat, palam Vitellium, occultis nuntiis Vespasianum fovens,Tac. H. 2, 98; Suet. Caes. 4.To be ready to fall or give way; to totter, to waver, fail, be weak, falter: fortuna nutabit,Liv. 21, 44: tanto discrimine urbs nutabat, ut, etc.,Tac. H. 4, 52: nutantem aciem victor equitatus incursat,id. ib. 3, 18; 4, 49: rempublicam,Suet. Vesp. 8; cf.: moenia nutantia Romae,Sil. 10, 590: nutantem hostem praevenire,Tac. H. 3, 40; cf. Flor. 3, 10, 4: mundi nutante ruinā,Luc. 4, 493.
nutricio nūtrīcĭo, ōnis, m.nutrio, a nurse, Inscr. Murat. 1891, 8.
nutricius nūtrīcĭus and -tĭus, a, um, adj.nutrix, that suckles, nourishes, nurses. Adj.: quis Faustulum nescit pastorem fuisse nutricium, qui Romulum et Remum educavit?Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 9: nutriciae curae,Arn. 2, 58: humus radices tenero velut nutricio sinu recipit,Col. 3, 13, 7.Subst.nūtrīcĭus, ii, m., a bringer up, a tutor: erat in procuratione regni, propter aetatem pueri, nutricius ejus,Caes. B. C. 3, 107; Inscr. Orell. 2964. Also, transf.: Favonius afflatu nutricium exercebit,Plin. 18, 34, 67, § 337.nūtrī-cĭa, ae, f., a nurse, governess, tutoress, Hier. Ep. 108, n. 30.nūtrīcĭum, ii, n., a nursing; nourishment: illius pio maternoque nutricio aeger convalui,Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 19, 2: nutricia ducere ab aliquo,Arn. 5, 163: omnia infantum nutricia,Manil. 3, 133. In plur.: nūtrīcĭa, ōrum, n., a nurse's wages, τὰ θρεπτήρια (late Lat.), Dig. 50, 13, 1 fin.
nutrico nūtrīco, āre, and nūtrīcor, ātus, 1, v. dep.id., to suckle, nourish, bring up, rear. Lit.: pueros nutricare,Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 11: scrofae nutricare octonos porcos parvulos primo possunt,Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 13; 2, 2, 8: nutricatur oliva, Afran. ap. Non. 478, 26: viperam sub alā,Petr. 50.Trop., to nourish, support, sustain: bona mea inhiant; at certatim nutricant et munerant,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 120: mundus omnia, sicut membra et partes suas, nutricatur et continet,Cic. N. D. 2, 34, 86 Orell. N. cr.; cf. Non. 478, 21: eum paupertas nutricata est,App. Mag. p. 285, 33.
nutricula nūtrīcŭla, ae, f.dim.id., a nurse. Lit.: quid voveat dulci nutricula majus alumno?Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 8; Suet. Aug. 94: fabulae nutricularum,Quint. 1, 9, 2.Transf., she who nourishes, maintains, preserves a thing: nutriculae praediorum,Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 12: Gellius nutricula seditiosorum,id. Vatin. 2, 4: nutricula causidicorum Africa,Juv. 7, 148: casa nutricula,
nutrimentum nūtrīmentum, i, n.nutrio, nourishment, nutriment. Lit.: per hanc nutrimentorum consuetudinem. Suet. Calig. 9.Transf., support, nourishment, etc.: pro nutrimento omni est raritas vulneris,Plin. 17, 23, 36, § 213: suscepitque ignem foliis atque arida circum Nutrimenta dedit,i. e.
nutrio nūtrĭo, īvi and ii, ītum (contr. form, nutrīmus for nutrivimus, Nemes. Ecl. 3, 26: nutribat for nutriebat,Verg. A. 11, 572; Sil. 16, 29; so, nutribant,Verg. A. 7, 485: nutribo for nutriam, Rhemn. Palaem. 1383; Cledon. 1914. In the dep. form, nutritor for nutrito, Verg. G. 2, 425; cf. Prisc. p. 798 P.), 4, v. a.Sanscr. root snu-, flow; Gr. νέω (σνεvω), swim; cf. nurus, to suckle, nourish, feed, foster, bring up, rear (syn. alere; not in Cic., but v. nutrix and nutrimentum). Lit.: quos lupa nutrit,Ov. F. 2, 415: nutritus lacte ferino,id. Tr. 3, 11, 3: ilignā nutritus glande,Hor. S. 2, 4, 40: balaenae mammis nutriunt fetus,Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 235: serpente ciconia pullos Nutrit,Juv. 14, 75: taurus nutritus in herbā, id. 12, 12.Transf., to nourish, support, maintain, foster. Of plants: terra herbas Nutrit,Ov. R. Am. 45: myrtos roscido umore nutrire,Cat. 61, 25: nutriri cinere vult ruta,Plin. 19, 8, 45, § 156: fruges humo nutriente,Curt. 8, 10, 8; Petr. 120: Pax Cererem nutrit,Ov. F. 1, 704. Poet.: Edonis nutritum missile ventis,
a shaft taken from a tree toughened by storms
,Val. Fl. 6, 340.To nourish, nurse, take care of, attend to the body: cura corporum nutriendorum,Liv. 4, 52: aegrum nutrire per eos cibos, quos, etc.,Cels. 3, 23: vires,id. ib.: ulcus,
,Gell. 12, 1, 5; Inscr. Fabr. p. 188, n. 428: est enim illa (oratio) quasi nutrix ejus oratoris, quem informare volumus,Cic. Or. 11, 37: nutricis pallium (prov. of any thing soiled, dirty),Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 30.Transf.She who nourishes or maintains a thing: virgines perpetui nutrices et conservatrices ignis,Arn. 4, 151. Nutrices, the breasts, Cat. 64, 18.A piece of ground in which shoots of trees are planted in order to be set out again, a nursery garden, Plin. 17, 10, 12, § 66.The land that supports a family, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 111.Trop., a nurse: nostramne, ere, vis nutricem, quae nos educat, Abalienare a nobis,Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 111: curarum maxima nutrix Nox,Ov. M. 8, 81: Sicilia nutrix plebis Romanae,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5: nutrix Discordia belli,Claud. in Ruf. 1, 30.
nutus nūtus, ūs, m.nuo, ĕre (of abnuo, etc.); cf. nuto, a nodding, a nod. Lit.: Scipio nutu finire disceptationem potuisset,Liv. 34, 62: nutu tremefecit Olympum,Verg. A. 9, 106: digitisque saepe est nutuque locutus,Ov. Tr. 2, 453: signaque dat nutu,id. F. 1, 418: nutus conferre loquaces,Tib. 1, 2, 21: digiti,i.e.
nux nux, nŭcis (gen. plur. nucerum for nucum, Cael. ap. Charis. p. 40 P.), f.etym. dub., a nut. At weddings it was customary to strew nuts on the floor: sparge, marite, nuces,Verg. E. 8, 30; cf. Varr. ap. Serv. ad E. 8, 30; Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.; Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 86; Mart. 5, 135. Nutshells were used in coloring the hair: viridi cortice tincta nucis,Tib. 1, 8, 44. Nuts were strewn at the festival of Ceres, Sinn. Capito ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll. Children played with nuts, Suet. Aug. 83; Cat. 61, 131; hence, prov.: nuces relinquere,
to give up childish sports, to betake one's self to the serious business of life, to throw away our rattles
,Pers. 1, 10: nux cassa, a nutshell: tene amatorem esse inventum inanem quasi cassam nucem,Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137. Fig. of a thing of no value, Hor. S. 2, 5, 36 ( = res vel vilissima); cf.: non ego tuam empsim vitam vitiosā nuce,Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 45.Transf.A fruit with a hard shell or rind: nux amara,