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|lshtext=<b>nux</b>: nŭcis (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. nucerum for nucum, Cael. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 40 P.), f. etym. dub., a [[nut]]. At weddings it [[was]] [[customary]] to [[strew]] nuts on the [[floor]]: sparge, marite, nuces, Verg. E. 8, 30; cf. Varr. ap. Serv. ad E. 8, 30; Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.; Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 86; Mart. 5, 135. Nutshells were used in coloring the [[hair]]: viridi cortice [[tincta]] nucis, Tib. 1, 8, 44. Nuts were strewn at the [[festival]] of [[Ceres]], Sinn. [[Capito]] ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll. Children played [[with]] nuts, Suet. Aug. 83; Cat. 61, 131; [[hence]], prov.: nuces relinquere, to [[give]] up [[childish]] sports, to betake one's [[self]] to the [[serious]] [[business]] of [[life]], to [[throw]] [[away]] [[our]] rattles, Pers. 1, 10: nux cassa, a [[nutshell]]: tene amatorem esse [[inventum]] inanem [[quasi]] cassam nucem, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137.—Fig. of a [[thing]] of no [[value]], Hor. S. 2, 5, 36 ( = res vel vilissima); cf.: non ego tuam empsim vitam vitiosā nuce, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 45.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br /> <b>A</b> A [[fruit]] [[with]] a [[hard]] [[shell]] or [[rind]]: nux amara, a [[bitter]] almond, Cels. 3, 10; so Col. 7, 13; Plin. 15, 7, 7, § 26: castaneae nuces, chestnuts, Verg. E. 2, 52: nux [[pinea]], Macr. S. 2, 6, 1; the [[fruit]] of the [[tithymalus]], Plin. 26, 8, 40, § 66.—<br /> <b>B</b> A [[nut]]-[[tree]]: [[inter]] [[primas]] germinant [[ulmus]], [[salix]], nuces, Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 97; Liv. 24, 10; Juv. 11, 119.—Poet., an almond-[[tree]], Verg. G. 1, 187. | |lshtext=<b>nux</b>: nŭcis (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. nucerum for nucum, Cael. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 40 P.), f. etym. dub., a [[nut]]. At weddings it [[was]] [[customary]] to [[strew]] nuts on the [[floor]]: sparge, marite, nuces, Verg. E. 8, 30; cf. Varr. ap. Serv. ad E. 8, 30; Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.; Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 86; Mart. 5, 135. Nutshells were used in coloring the [[hair]]: viridi cortice [[tincta]] nucis, Tib. 1, 8, 44. Nuts were strewn at the [[festival]] of [[Ceres]], Sinn. [[Capito]] ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll. Children played [[with]] nuts, Suet. Aug. 83; Cat. 61, 131; [[hence]], prov.: nuces relinquere, to [[give]] up [[childish]] sports, to betake one's [[self]] to the [[serious]] [[business]] of [[life]], to [[throw]] [[away]] [[our]] rattles, Pers. 1, 10: nux cassa, a [[nutshell]]: tene amatorem esse [[inventum]] inanem [[quasi]] cassam nucem, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137.—Fig. of a [[thing]] of no [[value]], Hor. S. 2, 5, 36 ( = res vel vilissima); cf.: non ego tuam empsim vitam vitiosā nuce, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 45.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br /> <b>A</b> A [[fruit]] [[with]] a [[hard]] [[shell]] or [[rind]]: nux amara, a [[bitter]] almond, Cels. 3, 10; so Col. 7, 13; Plin. 15, 7, 7, § 26: castaneae nuces, chestnuts, Verg. E. 2, 52: nux [[pinea]], Macr. S. 2, 6, 1; the [[fruit]] of the [[tithymalus]], Plin. 26, 8, 40, § 66.—<br /> <b>B</b> A [[nut]]-[[tree]]: [[inter]] [[primas]] germinant [[ulmus]], [[salix]], nuces, Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 97; Liv. 24, 10; Juv. 11, 119.—Poet., an almond-[[tree]], Verg. G. 1, 187. | ||
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|gf=<b>nux</b>,¹¹ nŭcis, f., tout fruit à écale et à amande : Plin. 15, 26 ; 26, 66 ; Virg. B. 2, 52 ; Cels. Med. 3, 7, 10 ; Col. Rust. 7, 13 || noix : Cic. de Or. 2, 265 ; 266 ; Virg. B. 8, 30 ; Plin. 15, 86 ; Mart. 5, 84, 1 ; nuces relinquere Pers. 1, 10, cesser de jouer aux noix, renoncer aux jeux de l’enfance || noyer : Plin. 16, 97 ; Liv. 24, 18 ; Juv. 11, 119 || amandier : Virg. G. 1, 187. | |||
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Revision as of 06:59, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nux: nŭcis (
I gen. plur. nucerum for nucum, Cael. ap. Charis. p. 40 P.), f. etym. dub., a nut. At weddings it was customary to strew nuts on the floor: sparge, marite, nuces, Verg. E. 8, 30; cf. Varr. ap. Serv. ad E. 8, 30; Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.; Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 86; Mart. 5, 135. Nutshells were used in coloring the hair: viridi cortice tincta nucis, Tib. 1, 8, 44. Nuts were strewn at the festival of Ceres, Sinn. Capito ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll. Children played with nuts, Suet. Aug. 83; Cat. 61, 131; hence, prov.: nuces relinquere, to give up childish sports, to betake one's self to the serious business of life, to throw away our rattles, Pers. 1, 10: nux cassa, a nutshell: tene amatorem esse inventum inanem quasi cassam nucem, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137.—Fig. of a thing of no value, Hor. S. 2, 5, 36 ( = res vel vilissima); cf.: non ego tuam empsim vitam vitiosā nuce, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 45.—
II Transf.
A A fruit with a hard shell or rind: nux amara, a bitter almond, Cels. 3, 10; so Col. 7, 13; Plin. 15, 7, 7, § 26: castaneae nuces, chestnuts, Verg. E. 2, 52: nux pinea, Macr. S. 2, 6, 1; the fruit of the tithymalus, Plin. 26, 8, 40, § 66.—
B A nut-tree: inter primas germinant ulmus, salix, nuces, Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 97; Liv. 24, 10; Juv. 11, 119.—Poet., an almond-tree, Verg. G. 1, 187.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
nux,¹¹ nŭcis, f., tout fruit à écale et à amande : Plin. 15, 26 ; 26, 66 ; Virg. B. 2, 52 ; Cels. Med. 3, 7, 10 ; Col. Rust. 7, 13
