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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=nodosus nodosa, nodosum ADJ :: [[tied into many knots]], [[full of knots]], [[knotty]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>nōdōsus</b>: a, um, adj. [[nodus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[full]] of knots, [[knotty]] (syn. [[geniculatus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[stipes]], Ov. H. 10, 101: [[robur]], Val. Fl. 8, 298: lina, nets, Ov. M. 3, 153; so, plagae, id. F. 6, 110: [[vitis]], Juv. 8, 247: ossa, the bones of the [[neck]], the [[cervical]] vertebræ, Luc. 8, 672: rami, Sen. Ep. 12, 1: [[fructus]], Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 176: [[cheragra]] (so called from its producing blains and knots on the fingers), Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 31: [[podagra]], Ov. P. 1, 3, 23.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[knotty]], [[intricate]], [[difficult]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): quaestiones, Macr. S. 7, 1 med.—Sup.: nodosissimi libri enodati, Aug. Conf. 4, 16: [[Cicuta]], [[familiar]] [[with]] the intricacies of the [[law]], Hor. S. 2, 3, 69; so, nodosam exsolvite stipem, Val. Max. 2, 9, 1 (dub.).—Hence, adv.: nōdōsē, [[intricately]], [[obscurely]] (post-class.); comp.: nodosius, Tert. Res. Carn. 46.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>nōdōsus</b>,¹³ a, um ([[nodus]]),<br /><b>1</b> noueux, qui a beaucoup de nœuds : Ov. H. 10, 101 ; Val. Flacc. 8, 298 ; Plin. 17, 176 &#124;&#124; qui noue les articulations [goutte] : Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 31<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] noueux, compliqué, [[difficile]] : Macr. Sat. 7, 1 &#124;&#124; [en parl. de qqn] retors : Hor. S. 2, 3, 69 &#124;&#124; -issimus Aug. Conf. 4, 16.||qui noue les articulations [goutte] : Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 31<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] noueux, compliqué, [[difficile]] : Macr. Sat. 7, 1||[en parl. de qqn] retors : Hor. S. 2, 3, 69||-issimus Aug. Conf. 4, 16.
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{{Georges
|georg=nōdōsus, a, um ([[nodus]]), [[voll]] [[Knoten]], [[knotig]], knorrig, I) eig.: [[stipes]], Ov.: [[validus]] nodosusque [[stipes]], Curt.: [[ramus]], Sen.: [[cheragra]], Hor.: plagae, [[voll]] [[Knoten]], -Maschen, Ov.: so [[auch]] lina, Netze, Ov. – II) bildl.: a) verwickelt, voller Schwierigkeiten, verba, Sen. poët.: quaestiones, Macr.: nodosissimi libri, Augustin.: [[quaestio]] nodosissima, Augustin.: [[haec]] [[atque]] [[alia]] quaedam minuta [[magis]] et nodosa, Gell. – b) wohlverklausuliert und bindend, [[stips]], Val. Max. 2, 9, 1. – übtr., [[Cicuta]], [[ein]] [[Wucherer]], der wohlverklausulierte u. bindende Schuldscheine zu [[schreiben]] wußte, der Knotenstricker, Hor. [[sat]]. 2, 3, 70.
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