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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

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|lshtext=<b>nĭtĕo</b>: ēre (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur nitentūm, Verg. Cir. 523), v. n. etym. dub.; cf. nix, to [[shine]], [[look]] [[bright]], [[glitter]], [[glisten]] (cf., [[luceo]], [[fulgeo]] [[splendeo]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: placatumque nitet diffuso lumine [[caelum]], Lucr. 1, 9: [[luna]] potest solis radiis percussa nitere, id. 5, 705: qui nitent unguentis, [[fulgent]] purpurā, Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5: diversi niteant cum [[mille]] colores, Ov. M. 6, 65: [[vere]] nitent terrae, id. F. 4, 126: [[aera]] nitent usu, id. Am. 1, 8, 51; so, [[ebur]], Tib. 1, 4, 64; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19; Mart. 9, 58, 6; 8, 6, 10 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of animals, to be [[sleek]], in [[good]] [[condition]]: at hau pol nitent (oves), Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 6: [[unde]] sic [[quaeso]] nites? Phaedr. 3, 7, 4; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 27; cf.: hic nitet [[ungula]] mulae, Juv. 7, 181.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of persons, to [[shine]], to [[look]] [[bright]] or [[beautiful]]: miseri quibus Intentata nites! ( = pulchra et [[amabilis]] videris), Hor. C. 1, 5, 12: [[ore]] nitet, Mart. 10, 89, 3: nitet [[ante]] [[alias]] [[regina]] comesque [[Pelides]], Stat. Achill. 2, 148: murice [[tincta]] Veste nites, Mart. 5, 23, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of fields, plants, etc., to [[look]] [[flourishing]], [[thriving]], to [[thrive]], etc.: camposque nitentes Desuper ostentat, Verg. A. 6, 677: ubi [[tellus]] nitet, Petr. 99; cf. Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 26.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of a [[house]]: [[tibi]] hoc [[praecipio]] ut niteant [[aedes]], be in [[complete]] [[order]], Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 281.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[wealth]], etc., to [[flourish]], [[abound]]: [[vectigal]] in [[pace]] niteat, Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 21: res ubi magna nitet domino sene, Hor. S. 2, 5, 12. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[shine]], be [[brilliant]], [[look]] or be [[beautiful]]: ver vide; ut tota floret, ut olet, ut [[nitide]] nitet, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 3: illorum, vides, [[quam]] niteat [[oratio]], Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 5; so, ubi plura nitent in carmine, Hor. A. P. 351: omnia nobilibus oppidis ni [[tent]], Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 49.—Hence, nĭtens, entis, P. a., [[shining]], [[glittering]], glistening, [[brilliant]], [[bright]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: capilli malobathro, Hor. C. 2, 7, 7: mensae, id. S. 2, 2, 4: oculi, Verg. A. 1, 228: astra, Ov. F. 5, 543: Lucifer, Tib. 1, 3, 93: nitentes solis equi, Val. Fl. 5, 413: [[arma]] nitentia [[ante]] rem, deformia [[inter]] sanguinem, etc., Liv. 9, 40, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Of animals, [[sleek]], [[fat]]: [[nitens]] [[taurus]], Verg. A. 3, 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of persons, [[shining]], [[bright]], [[beautiful]]: [[uxor]] [[ore]] floridulo [[nitens]], Cat. 61, 189: desiderio meo nitenti, my [[darling]] [[bright]], id. 2, 5.—Comp.: nitentior [[femina]], Ov. M. 12, 405 (Merkel, decentior).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Of plants, [[blooming]]: nitentia culta, Verg. G. 1, 153: [[arbor]] [[laeta]] et [[nitens]], Gell. 12, 1, 16.—Comp.: Tyrio nitentior ostro [[flos]] oritur, Ov. M. 10, 211.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Illustrious: recenti gloriā [[nitens]], Liv. 3, 12: non patre [[nitens]] linguāve, Sil. 6, 19. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[speech]], [[brilliant]], [[elegant]]: [[oratio]], Cic. Brut. 67, 238.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the [[mind]], [[bright]], [[clear]]: [[macte]], oro, nitenti Ingenio, Stat. S. 1, 5, 63.
|lshtext=<b>nĭtĕo</b>: ēre (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur nitentūm, Verg. Cir. 523), v. n. etym. dub.; cf. nix, to [[shine]], [[look]] [[bright]], [[glitter]], [[glisten]] (cf., [[luceo]], [[fulgeo]] [[splendeo]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: placatumque nitet diffuso lumine [[caelum]], Lucr. 1, 9: [[luna]] potest solis radiis percussa nitere, id. 5, 705: qui nitent unguentis, [[fulgent]] purpurā, Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5: diversi niteant cum [[mille]] colores, Ov. M. 6, 65: [[vere]] nitent terrae, id. F. 4, 126: [[aera]] nitent usu, id. Am. 1, 8, 51; so, [[ebur]], Tib. 1, 4, 64; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19; Mart. 9, 58, 6; 8, 6, 10 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of animals, to be [[sleek]], in [[good]] [[condition]]: at hau pol nitent (oves), Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 6: [[unde]] sic [[quaeso]] nites? Phaedr. 3, 7, 4; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 27; cf.: hic nitet [[ungula]] mulae, Juv. 7, 181.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of persons, to [[shine]], to [[look]] [[bright]] or [[beautiful]]: miseri quibus Intentata nites! ( = pulchra et [[amabilis]] videris), Hor. C. 1, 5, 12: [[ore]] nitet, Mart. 10, 89, 3: nitet [[ante]] [[alias]] [[regina]] comesque [[Pelides]], Stat. Achill. 2, 148: murice [[tincta]] Veste nites, Mart. 5, 23, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of fields, plants, etc., to [[look]] [[flourishing]], [[thriving]], to [[thrive]], etc.: camposque nitentes Desuper ostentat, Verg. A. 6, 677: ubi [[tellus]] nitet, Petr. 99; cf. Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 26.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of a [[house]]: [[tibi]] hoc [[praecipio]] ut niteant [[aedes]], be in [[complete]] [[order]], Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 281.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[wealth]], etc., to [[flourish]], [[abound]]: [[vectigal]] in [[pace]] niteat, Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 21: res ubi magna nitet domino sene, Hor. S. 2, 5, 12. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[shine]], be [[brilliant]], [[look]] or be [[beautiful]]: ver vide; ut tota floret, ut olet, ut [[nitide]] nitet, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 3: illorum, vides, [[quam]] niteat [[oratio]], Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 5; so, ubi plura nitent in carmine, Hor. A. P. 351: omnia nobilibus oppidis ni [[tent]], Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 49.—Hence, nĭtens, entis, P. a., [[shining]], [[glittering]], glistening, [[brilliant]], [[bright]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: capilli malobathro, Hor. C. 2, 7, 7: mensae, id. S. 2, 2, 4: oculi, Verg. A. 1, 228: astra, Ov. F. 5, 543: Lucifer, Tib. 1, 3, 93: nitentes solis equi, Val. Fl. 5, 413: [[arma]] nitentia [[ante]] rem, deformia [[inter]] sanguinem, etc., Liv. 9, 40, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Of animals, [[sleek]], [[fat]]: [[nitens]] [[taurus]], Verg. A. 3, 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of persons, [[shining]], [[bright]], [[beautiful]]: [[uxor]] [[ore]] floridulo [[nitens]], Cat. 61, 189: desiderio meo nitenti, my [[darling]] [[bright]], id. 2, 5.—Comp.: nitentior [[femina]], Ov. M. 12, 405 (Merkel, decentior).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Of plants, [[blooming]]: nitentia culta, Verg. G. 1, 153: [[arbor]] [[laeta]] et [[nitens]], Gell. 12, 1, 16.—Comp.: Tyrio nitentior ostro [[flos]] oritur, Ov. M. 10, 211.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Illustrious: recenti gloriā [[nitens]], Liv. 3, 12: non patre [[nitens]] linguāve, Sil. 6, 19. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[speech]], [[brilliant]], [[elegant]]: [[oratio]], Cic. Brut. 67, 238.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the [[mind]], [[bright]], [[clear]]: [[macte]], oro, nitenti Ingenio, Stat. S. 1, 5, 63.
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|gf=<b>nĭtĕō</b>,¹⁰ ŭī, ēre, intr., reluire, luire, briller : [en parl. du ciel, de la lune] Lucr. 1, 9 ; 5, 705 ; nitent unguentis Cic. Cat. 2, 5, ils sont tout luisants de pommades ; [[deterius]] Libycis nitet [[herba]] lapillis ? Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19, le gazon brille-t-il moins que les mosaïques de [[Libye]] [en marbre de [[Libye]]? || être florissant, riant [champs] : Virg. En. 6, 677 || être gras, bien portant : Pl. Bacch. 1124 ; Plin. 18, 27 || être abondant, prospère : [[vectigal]] in pace nitet Cic. Agr. 1, 21, les revenus sont florissants dans la paix, cf. Hor. S. 2, 5, 12 || être brillant, propre [maison] : Pl. Ps. 161 || [fig.] briller, paraître brillant, beau : Hor. O. 1, 5, 12 ; Mart. 10, 89, 3 || être brillant, net [style] : Cic. Fin. 4, 5.
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

nĭtĕo: ēre (
I gen. plur nitentūm, Verg. Cir. 523), v. n. etym. dub.; cf. nix, to shine, look bright, glitter, glisten (cf., luceo, fulgeo splendeo).
I Lit.: placatumque nitet diffuso lumine caelum, Lucr. 1, 9: luna potest solis radiis percussa nitere, id. 5, 705: qui nitent unguentis, fulgent purpurā, Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5: diversi niteant cum mille colores, Ov. M. 6, 65: vere nitent terrae, id. F. 4, 126: aera nitent usu, id. Am. 1, 8, 51; so, ebur, Tib. 1, 4, 64; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19; Mart. 9, 58, 6; 8, 6, 10 et saep.—
   B Transf.
   1    Of animals, to be sleek, in good condition: at hau pol nitent (oves), Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 6: unde sic quaeso nites? Phaedr. 3, 7, 4; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 27; cf.: hic nitet ungula mulae, Juv. 7, 181.—
   2    Of persons, to shine, to look bright or beautiful: miseri quibus Intentata nites! ( = pulchra et amabilis videris), Hor. C. 1, 5, 12: ore nitet, Mart. 10, 89, 3: nitet ante alias regina comesque Pelides, Stat. Achill. 2, 148: murice tincta Veste nites, Mart. 5, 23, 6.—
   3    Of fields, plants, etc., to look flourishing, thriving, to thrive, etc.: camposque nitentes Desuper ostentat, Verg. A. 6, 677: ubi tellus nitet, Petr. 99; cf. Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 26.—
   4    Of a house: tibi hoc praecipio ut niteant aedes, be in complete order, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 281.—
   5    Of wealth, etc., to flourish, abound: vectigal in pace niteat, Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 21: res ubi magna nitet domino sene, Hor. S. 2, 5, 12. —
II Trop., to shine, be brilliant, look or be beautiful: ver vide; ut tota floret, ut olet, ut nitide nitet, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 3: illorum, vides, quam niteat oratio, Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 5; so, ubi plura nitent in carmine, Hor. A. P. 351: omnia nobilibus oppidis ni tent, Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 49.—Hence, nĭtens, entis, P. a., shining, glittering, glistening, brilliant, bright.
   A Lit.: capilli malobathro, Hor. C. 2, 7, 7: mensae, id. S. 2, 2, 4: oculi, Verg. A. 1, 228: astra, Ov. F. 5, 543: Lucifer, Tib. 1, 3, 93: nitentes solis equi, Val. Fl. 5, 413: arma nitentia ante rem, deformia inter sanguinem, etc., Liv. 9, 40, 5.—
   2    Transf.
   a Of animals, sleek, fat: nitens taurus, Verg. A. 3, 20.—
   b Of persons, shining, bright, beautiful: uxor ore floridulo nitens, Cat. 61, 189: desiderio meo nitenti, my darling bright, id. 2, 5.—Comp.: nitentior femina, Ov. M. 12, 405 (Merkel, decentior).—
   c Of plants, blooming: nitentia culta, Verg. G. 1, 153: arbor laeta et nitens, Gell. 12, 1, 16.—Comp.: Tyrio nitentior ostro flos oritur, Ov. M. 10, 211.—
   B Trop.
   1    Illustrious: recenti gloriā nitens, Liv. 3, 12: non patre nitens linguāve, Sil. 6, 19. —
   2    Of speech, brilliant, elegant: oratio, Cic. Brut. 67, 238.—
   3    Of the mind, bright, clear: macte, oro, nitenti Ingenio, Stat. S. 1, 5, 63.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

nĭtĕō,¹⁰ ŭī, ēre, intr., reluire, luire, briller : [en parl. du ciel, de la lune] Lucr. 1, 9 ; 5, 705 ; nitent unguentis Cic. Cat. 2, 5, ils sont tout luisants de pommades ; deterius Libycis nitet herba lapillis ? Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19, le gazon brille-t-il moins que les mosaïques de Libye [en marbre de Libye?