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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>nūgae</b>: ārum, f. etym. dub.; old form naugae; cf.: [[naucum]], nux,<br /><b>I</b> jokes, jests, [[idle]] speeches, trifles, [[trumpery]], [[nonsense]] (syn. ineptiae).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: aufer [[nugas]], [[away]] [[with]] [[your]] jesting, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 7: [[nugas]] postulare, id. Trin. 2, 4, 40; id. Truc. 2, 1, 20; id. Merc. 2, 4, 1: huncine hominem tantis delectatum esse nugis? Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30. —Hence, [[nugas]] agere, to [[play]] the [[fool]]: [[nisi]] [[argentum]] dederit, [[nugas]] egerit, Plaut. Men. prol. 54; so, maximas [[nugas]] agis, id. As. 1, 1, 78; and ellipt. [[without]] [[ago]]: quo illum sequar? in Persas? [[nugas]], [[nonsense]]! id. Pers. 4, 7, 7; id. Most. 5, 1, 38.—Of verses, trifles: [[nescio]] [[quid]] meditans nugarum, Hor. S. 1, 9, 2; cf. Cat. 1, 4; Mart. 9, 1, 5 (cf. also: versūs et [[cetera]] ludicra, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 10).—Of the songs of [[hired]] [[female]] mourners at a [[funeral]]: haec sunt non [[nugae]]: non [[enim]] [[mortualia]], Plaut. As. 4, 1, 63.—Acc. to [[Nonius]], [[Plautus]] called women's finery [[nugae]], Non. 144, 30; v. [[nugivendus]]. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf. (abstr. pro concreto), jesters, jokers, [[droll]] fellows: amicos habet meras [[nugas]], Cic. Att. 6, 3, 5: ego Hephaestum ... Niciam, ego [[nugas]] maximas omni meā comitate [[sum]] [[complexus]], id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2 comites Graeculi, [[quocumque]] ibat: tum in comitatu nugarum [[nihil]], id. Mil. 21, 55.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>nūgæ</b>,¹⁰ ārum, f., bagatelles, riens, sornettes, balivernes : Cic. Div. 2, 30 ; [[nugas]] ! Pl. Pers. 718, bagatelles ! chansons ! &#124;&#124; vers légers : Catul. 1, 4 ; Mart. 9, 1, 5 &#124;&#124; un étourdi, homme sans consistance, farceur : Cic. Q. 1, 2, 2 ; Att. 6, 3, 5 ; in comitatu nugarum [[nihil]] Cic. Mil. 55, dans son escorte [[rien]] de [[frivole]].||vers légers : Catul. 1, 4 ; Mart. 9, 1, 5||un étourdi, homme sans consistance, farceur : Cic. Q. 1, 2, 2 ; Att. 6, 3, 5 ; in comitatu nugarum [[nihil]] Cic. Mil. 55, dans son escorte [[rien]] de [[frivole]].
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{{Georges
|georg=nūgae (altlat. [[naugae]], nōgae ārum, f., unnützes [[Zeug]], unnütze Dinge, Lappereien, Possen, Flausen, I) eig.: [[nugas]] agit, er treibt Possen ([[Unsinn]]), er bemüht [[sich]] [[vergeblich]], es nützt ihm [[nichts]], Plaut.: [[nugas]] agis u. ellipt. bl. [[nugas]]! [[Unsinn]]! Plaut.: [[nugas]] postulare, das Unmögliche [[wünschen]], Plaut.: nugis delectari, Cic.: magno conatu magnas [[nugas]] dicere, [[viel]] [[Lärm]] um [[nichts]] [[machen]], Ter.: [[nugas]] garris, Plaut.: [[sed]] [[nimium]] [[multa]] de nugis, Cic. – v. Gedichten, Tändeleien, Einfälle, Catull. u. Hor.; vgl. Fritzsche u. Heindorf Hor. [[sat]]. 1, 9, 2. – v. gleichgültigen Gesprächen, Lappereien, Schnickschnack, Hor. [[sat]]. 2, 6, 43. – II) übtr., [[von]] Pers., [[ein]] nichtsnutziges [[Ding]], [[ein]] nichtsnutziger [[Mensch]], [[ein]] [[Windbeutel]], [[nugae]] (v. einem [[Mädchen]]), Plaut.: amicos habet meras [[nugas]], Cic.: nugarum [[aliquid]] relinquere, [[einen]] nichtsn. M. ([[als]] [[Statthalter]]) [[zurücklassen]], Cic.: [[ego]] maximas [[nugas]] omni comitate [[complexus]] [[sum]], Cic.: in comitatu nugarum [[nihil]], Cic. – / Über die [[Ableitung]] und die altlat. Formen s. Brix Plaut. trin. 396.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=nugae, arum. f. :: 小事。虛事。玩事。小人。Nugas agere 玩笑。Amicos habet meras nugas 其朋友皆不必問。
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