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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>nanciscor</b>: [[nactus]] and [[nanctus]] (cf. Mai. ad Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 16; Drak. ad Liv. 24, 31; 25, 30;<br /><b>I</b> inf. nanciscier, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 59), 3, v. dep. a. [Sanscr. naç, [[obtain]]; Gr. ἐνεκ-> in [[ἤνεγκα]], etc.; cf.: [[ἀνάγκη]], [[necesse]] (in [[pass]]. signif, [[nactus]],<br /> v. [[infra]] fin.), to [[get]], [[obtain]], [[receive]] a [[thing]] (esp. by [[accident]] or [[without]] one's co-[[operation]]), to [[meet]] [[with]], [[stumble]] on, [[light]] on, [[find]] a [[thing]] (syn.: [[offendo]], [[reperio]], [[deprehendo]]): [[unde]] anulum istum [[nactus]]? Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 27: [[quoniam]] nacti te, inquit, sumus [[aliquando]] otiosum, Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 14: [[nactus]] [[sum]] [[etiam]], qui Xenophontis similem esse se cuperet, id. Or. 9, 32: cum [[plus]] otii [[nactus]] ero, id. Fam. 3, 7, 1; id. N D. 3, 36, 87: immanes beluas nanciscimur venando, id. ib. 2, 64, 161; id. Fam. 13, 7, 4: eum Philolai commentarios esse nanctum, id. Rep. 1, 10, 16 Mai.: [[Cato]] sic abiit a vitā, ut causam moriendi nactum se esse gauderet, id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74: se in silvas abdiderunt, locum nacti, [[egregie]] et naturā et opere munitum, Caes. B. G. 5, 9; [[hence]], to [[possess]] by [[birth]], to [[have]] by [[nature]]: maleficam (naturam) [[nactus]] est in corpore fingendo, Nep Ages. 8; of [[evil]] as [[well]] as [[good]] [[fortune]]: [[quod]] sim [[nactus]] mali, Ter. And. 5, 6, 3: ex nuptiis tuis si [[nihil]] [[nanciscor]] mali, id. Phorm. 3, 3, 10.—Esp., to [[catch]], [[contract]] by [[infection]] or [[contagion]]: [[nactus]] est morbum, Nep. Att. 21, 2: febrim, to [[contract]] or [[catch]] a [[fever]], Suet. Tit. 10: milvo est quoddam [[bellum]] [[quasi]] naturale cum corvo, [[ergo]] [[alter]] alterius [[ubicumque]] [[nactus]] est ova, frangit, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf., to [[light]] [[upon]], [[meet]] [[with]], [[reach]], [[find]]; of inanim. things or [[living]] beings: [[meum]] [[quod]] [[rete]] et hami nacti sunt, [[meum]] potissimum est, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 46: [[vitis]] claviculis suis [[quicquid]] est [[nacta]], complectitur, Cic. Sen. 15, 52: [[nactus]] idoneam ad navigandum tempestatem, Caes. B. G. 4, 23: nactusque silentia ruris Exululat, having reached the [[quiet]] [[country]], Ov. M. 1, 232: [[nactus]], as [[passive]], App. M. 7, 15; Hyg. Fab. 1 and 8.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>nancīscor</b>,⁹ [[nactus]] sum, nancīscī, tr., obtenir par surprise], tomber sur, trouver : Cic. Fin. 1, 14 ; Fam. 3, 7, 1 &#124;&#124; par naissance] Nep. Ages. 8, 1 &#124;&#124; trouver, rencontrer : Cic. CM 52 ; Cæs. G. 4, 23, 6 &#124;&#124; attraper par contagion : Nep. Att. 21, 2 &#124;&#124; [[nactus]] sens passif : Aur. Vict. Cæs. 33, 3 ; Apul. M. 7, 15. inf. nanciscier Pl. As. 325 ; part. [[nanctus]] Pl. Trin. 63 ; Cic. Nat. 2, 81.||par naissance] Nep. Ages. 8, 1||trouver, rencontrer : Cic. CM 52 ; Cæs. G. 4, 23, 6||attraper par contagion : Nep. Att. 21, 2||[[nactus]] sens passif : Aur. Vict. Cæs. 33, 3 ; Apul. M. 7, 15. inf. nanciscier Pl. As. 325 ; part. [[nanctus]] Pl. Trin. 63 ; Cic. Nat. 2, 81.
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{{Georges
|georg=nancīscor, [[nactus]] u. nānctus [[sum]], nancīscī (Inchoat. zu [[nancio]]; vgl. griech. [[ἤνεγκον]], ενήνοχα), [[erlangen]], [[bekommen]] ([[bes]]. [[durch]] [[Zufall]], [[ohne]] [[Mühe]] u. [[Absicht]], [[gelegentlich]]), [[erwischen]], I) eig.: anulum, Ter.: morbum, Nep.: febrim, Suet.: spem, Cic.: fidem, [[glaubwürdig]] [[werden]], [[eintreffen]], Ov. – II) übtr.: A) [[erlangen]] = [[erreichen]], [[vitis]] claviculis [[suis]], [[quicquid]] est [[nacta]], complectitur, Cic.: silentia ruris, das stille [[Feld]] (sc. currendo), Ov.: specum quandam, Gell. – B) zu seinem Glücke [[oder]] Unglücke [[erlangen]] = [[finden]], [[antreffen]], das [[Glück]] führt mir jmd. zu, es tritt zum [[Glück]] od. [[Unglück]] [[für]] mich etw. [[ein]], aliquem, [[cuius]] etc., Cic.: [[nactus]] [[sum]], [[qui]] Xenophontis similem [[esse]] se cuperet, Cic. – n. turbidam tempestatem, Caes. – m. dopp. Acc., alqm otiosum, Cic.: [[castra]] Gallorum intuta, Liv.: naturam maleficam in corpore fingendo, Nep. – / Partiz. [[nactus]] [[passiv]], Aur. Vict. de Caes. 33, 3. Hyg. fab. 1 u. 8 u. 120 u. 186. Apul. [[met]]. 7, 15. – Parag. Infin. nanciscier, Plaut. asin. 325. Plaut. vidul. fr. II, 1. p. 17 Stud. – Über die Partiz.-[[Form]] [[nanctus]] s. Brix Plaut. trin. 62 (64). [[Halm]] Cic. Sest. 12. p. 103 ed. mai. Otto Tac. ann. 3, 32. A. 7. Bünem. Lact. de mort. pers. 26, 3.
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