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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>naevus</b>: i, m. for gnaevus, [[root]] gna-, gen-, of [[genus]], [[gnatus]], a [[mark]] [[born]] [[with]] one; cf.: [[natus]], [[natura]], etc.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[mole]] or wart on the [[body]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[naevus]] in [[articulo]] pueri... est corporis [[macula]] [[naevus]], Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79: egregio inspersos reprehendas corpore naevos, Hor. S. 1, 6, 67: [[nullus]] in egregio corpore [[naevus]] erit, Ov. Tr. 5, 13, 14; Plin. 22, 25, 67, § 137; 28, 4, 6, § 34.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a [[spot]], [[blemish]], [[fault]] ([[late]] Lat.): naevi [[instar]] est, ut [[frater]] [[meus]], etc., Symm. 3, 34 dub.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>nævus</b>,¹⁵ ī, m., tache sur le corps, signe naturel, envie, verrue : Cic. Nat. 1, 79 ; Hor. S. 1, 6, 67 ; Plin. 22, 137 &#124;&#124; tache, déshonneur : Symm. Ep. 3, 34.||tache, déshonneur : Symm. Ep. 3, 34.
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{{Georges
|georg=naevus, ī, m. (aus *gnaevos zu [[gigno]]), das [[Mal]], [[Muttermal]], der angeborene [[Fleck]], [[naevus]] in [[articulo]] pueri, Cic.: pulcherrimorum corporum naevi [[aut]] verrucae, Sen.: aiebat [[interim]] decentiorem faciem [[esse]], in [[qua]] [[aliquis]] [[naevus]] esset, Sen. rhet.: inspersi corpore naevi, Hor.: [[nullus]] in egregio corpore [[naevus]] erit, Ov. – bildl., der [[Fleck]], [[Makel]] = [[Fehler]], Symm. epist. 3, 34. Ambros. de off. 1, 18, 74 u. 1, 22, 100. Cassiod. in psalm. 33, 20.
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