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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=nervosus nervosa, nervosum ADJ :: sinewy; vigorous
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>nervōsus</b>: a, um, adj. [[nervus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[full]] of sinews, [[sinewy]], [[nervous]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: nervosa et lignea [[dorcas]], Lucr. 4, 1161: [[poples]], Ov. M. 6, 256: [[exilitas]], Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214: partes, id. 23, 3, 34, § 69: nervosius illud, i. e. [[membrum]] [[virile]], Cat. 67, 27.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., of plants, [[full]] of fibres, [[fibrous]]: cauliculi, Plin. 21, 9, 30, § 54; 27, 12, 97, § 123.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Nervous, [[vigorous]], [[energetic]] in [[expression]]: [[quis]] Aristotele nervosior, Cic. Brut. 31, 121.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Vigorous, [[bold]]: [[vivacitas]], Val. Max. 8, 13, 4: juventus, Prud. c. Sym. 2, 320.—Hence, adv.: nervō-sē, [[strongly]], [[boldly]], [[vigorously]], [[energetically]]: [[vigilanter]] nervoseque aliquem subornare, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 6.—Comp.: nervosius dicere, Cic. Or. 36, 127: nervosius aliquid disserere, id. Off. 3, 29, 106.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>nervōsus</b>,¹⁴ a, um ([[nervus]]),<br /><b>1</b> qui a beaucoup de muscles, nerveux, musculeux : Lucr. 4, 1161 ; Ov. M. 6, 256 ; Plin. 11, 216 &#124;&#124; plein de fibres [plantes] : Plin. 21, 54<br /><b>2</b> qui a du nerf, de la vigueur [style] : nervosior Cic. Br. 121.||plein de fibres [plantes] : Plin. 21, 54<br /><b>2</b> qui a du nerf, de la vigueur [style] : nervosior Cic. Br. 121.
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{{Georges
|georg=nervōsus, a, um ([[nervus]]), [[sehnig]], [[muskulös]], nervig, I) eig. u. übtr.: a) eig., vom [[Körper]] [[des]] Menschen u. seinen [[Teilen]], [[loca]], Cels.: [[puella]], Lucr.: [[poples]], Ov.: nervosius [[illud]], d.i. [[mentula]], Catull. 67, 27. – b) übtr., v. [[Pflanzen]], cauliculi, Plin. – II) bildl., 1) v. [[Redner]], nervig, [[kernhaft]] (= [[kraftvoll]], [[geistreich]] u. [[gedrängt]]), [[quis]] Aristotele nervosior, Cic. [[Brut]]. 121. – 2) [[kraftvoll]], [[kräftig]], [[tapfer]], [[vivacitas]], Val. Max. 8, 13. ext. 4: [[iuventa]], Prud. c. Symm. 2, 320.
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