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|lshtext=<b>nŏcĕo</b>: cŭi, cĭtum, 2 (<br /><b>I</b> inf. pres. [[pass]]. nocerier, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 73; gen. plur. nocentūm, Ov. P. 1, 8, 19; perf. subj. noxit: ne [[boa]] noxit, Lucil. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Fama, p. 360 Müll.; [[Fronto]] ad M. Caesarem, 3, 13 Mai.), v. n. (and a.;<br /> v. [[infra]] ε) [Sanscr. [[root]] nac, [[disappear]]; Gr. [[νέκυς]]; cf.: [[neco]], nex, [[noxa]], pernic-ies], to do [[harm]], [[inflict]] [[injury]], do [[hurt]] to (cf.: [[obsum]], obficio, [[laedo]]).—Constr.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol. or [[with]] dat.: declinare ea, quae nocitura videantur, Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11: [[arma]] [[alia]] ad tegendum, [[alia]] ad nocendum, id. Caecin. 21, 60: [[nihil]] nocet, it does no [[harm]], id. Att. 12, 47, 1: nocere alteri, id. Off. 3, 5, 23: jurejurando [[accepto]], [[nihil]] iis nocituros hostes, Caes. B. C. 3, 28: jura te nociturum non esse homini de hac re nemini, Plaut. Mil. 5, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With a homogeneous or a [[general]] (pronominal) [[object]]: OB EAM REM NOXAM NOCVERVNT, [[have]] been [[guilty]] of a [[crime]], from an old fetial [[formula]], Liv. 9, 10, 9: si [[uredo]] aut [[grando]] [[quippiam]] nocuit, Cic. N. D. 3, 35, 86: [[quid]] nocet haec? Juv. 14, 153.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[pass]]. ([[very]] [[rare]]), to be harmed, injured: [[larix]] ab carie aut a tineā non nocetur, Vitr. 2, 9 med.: noceri eas (ciconias) omnibus [[quidem]] locis [[nefas]] ducunt, sed, etc., Sol. 40 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Impers. [[pass]]. ([[class]].), an [[injury]] is done or inflicted: ut ne cui noceatur, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31: mihi [[nihil]] ab istis noceri potest, id. Cat. 3, 12, 37: ut in agris vastandis hostibus noceretur, Caes. B. G. 5, 19: ipsi [[nihil]] nocitum iri, id. ib. 5, 36: [[neque]] diem [[decet]] me morari, [[neque]] nocti nocerier, [[that]] [[injury]] be done to the [[night]], Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 73.—（ε) Act. ([[late]] Lat.): [[nihil]] illum nocuit, Vulg. Luc. 4, 35; id. Act. 7, 26; 18, 10.—Hence, nŏcens, entis, P. a., [[that]] commits a [[wicked]] [[action]], [[bad]], [[wicked]], [[culpable]], [[criminal]] (cf.: [[sons]], [[reus]]): [[nocens]] et [[nefarius]], Cic. Off. 2, 14, 51: homines nocentissimi, id. Div. in Caecil. 3, 9: nocentissima [[victoria]], id. Verr. 1, 14, 41: nocentissimi [[mores]], Quint. 2, 15, 32: meritā caede nocentūm ([[poet]]. for nocentium; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 35, 45), Ov. P. 1, 8, 19.—<br /><b>II</b> In gen., [[hurtful]], [[harmful]], [[pernicious]], [[baneful]], [[injurious]]: a pestiferis et nocentibus refugere, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120: [[boletus]], Juv. 6, 620.—Comp.: [[edit]] cicutis [[allium]] nocentius, Hor. Epod. 3, 3.—Hence, adv.: nŏcenter, hurtfully, [[injuriously]] (not [[ante]]-Aug.): [[nocenter]] armata, Col. 8, 2, 10: [[abscessus]] [[nocenter]] adulescit, Cels. 5, 28, 11; Tert. Apol. 14.
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|gf=<b>nŏcĕō</b>,⁷ cŭī, cĭtum, ēre,<br /><b>1</b> intr., nuire, causer du tort, faire du mal : abs<sup>t</sup>] Cic. Off. 1, 11 ; 3, 102 ; Cæc. 60, etc. || alicui Cic. Off. 3, 23, etc., faire du tort à qqn || [avec acc. de même racine] : noxam nocere [formule du fétial] Liv. 9, 10, 9, commettre une faute || [acc. de pron. n.] nocere [[aliquid]], [[quippiam]], [[nihil]], nuire en qqch., en [[rien]] : Cic. Mur. 58 ; Nat. 3, 86 ; Att. 12, 47, 1 || [[non]] [[multum]] [[tibi]] nocebit transisse... Sen. Ben. 7, 1, 5, ce ne [[sera]] pas pour toi un grand préjudice d’avoir laissé de côté... || [pass. impers.] : [[mihi]] [[nihil]] ab istis noceri potest Cic. Cat. 3, 27, ces [[gens]]-là ne peuvent me nuire en [[rien]] ; rostro noceri [[non]] posse cognoverant Cæs. G. 3, 14, 4, ils avaient reconnu que l’éperon ne pouvait faire de mal ; [[ipsi]] [[nihil]] nocitum [[iri]] Cæs. G. 5, 36, 2, [il répondit] qu’à lui en personne il ne serait fait aucun mal || [en parl. de choses] être nuisible, funeste : Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 11 ; Sen. Ira 1, 5, 2 ; [avec dat.] frugibus Virg. B. 10, 76, être nuisible aux moissons<br /><b>2</b> [emploi [[trans]]. à la décad.] nocere aliquem, léser qqn : Vulg. Luc. 4, 35, etc. arch. noxit = nocuerit Lucil. s. v. [[Tama]] Fest. 360, 20 ; P. Fest. 361 ; [[Fronto]] Ep. ad M. Cæs. 3, 13.
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