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|lshtext=<b>nervus</b>: i, m. [[root]] snar-; Old Germ. snara, a [[snare]]; Gr. [[νεῦρον]]>; cf. [[parvus]] and [[παῦρος]]>,<br /><b>I</b> a [[sinew]], [[tendon]], [[nerve]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: his adde nervos, a quibus [[artus]] continentur, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139: hoc nervos confirmari putant, Caes. B. G. 6, 20: [[nervus]] qui [[platys]] appellatur, Plin. 26, 8, 58, § 90: hic [[primum]] nervos et venas expressit (of [[Pythagoras]] the [[painter]]), id. 34, 8, 19, § 59: nervorum [[contractio]], Sen. Ep. 66, 40: nervi quos τένοντας [[Graeci]] appellant, Cels. 8, 1: condamus [[alter]] alterum in nervum bracchialem, [[let]] us [[embrace]], Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 99.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I. q. [[membrum]] [[virile]], Hor. Epod. 12, 19; Juv. 10, 205; 9, 35; pl. nervi, Petr. 131, §§ 4 and 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[string]] of a [[musical]] [[instrument]]: omnes voces, ut nervi in fidibus, ita sonant, ut, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216: cotidiano cantu vocum et nervorum et tibiarum tota [[vicinitas]] personat, id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134; Verg. A. 9, 776; Hor. C. 3, 11, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[bowstring]]: reciproca tendens nervo equino concita [[tela]], Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 80 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 176 Rib.): nervoque [[obversus]] equino Contendit [[telum]], Verg. A. 9, 622: nervo aptare sagittas, id. ib. 10, 131: erumpit nervo pulsante [[sagitta]], id. G. 4, 313; so Val. Fl. 6, 376; 1, 437; Luc. 7, 141.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> A [[bow]]: aliquem fallere nervo, Val. Fl. 3, 182.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[leather]] [[with]] [[which]] shields were [[covered]]: [[scuta]] nervo firmata, Tac. A. 2, 14; Sil. 4, 293.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[thong]] [[with]] [[which]] a [[person]] [[was]] [[bound]], Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 11; Veg. Mil. 4, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>6</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The cords or wires by [[which]] a [[puppet]] is moved: duceris ut nervis alienis [[mobile]] [[lignum]], Hor. S. 2, 7, 82.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>7</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[fetter]]: nervum appellamus [[etiam]] ferreum [[vinculum]], quo [[pedes]] impediuntur: [[quamquam]] [[Plautus]] eo [[etiam]] cervices vinciri ait: Perfidiose [[captus]] [[edepol]] nervo cervices probat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.: VINCITO AVT NERVO, AVT COMPEDIBVS, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1: in nervo [[atque]] compedibus aetatem agunt, [[Cato]] ap. Gell. 11, 18, 18; cf. Plaut. As. 3, 2, 5: posuit in nervo [[pedes]] meos, Vulg. Job, 33, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> A [[prison]]: in nervum aliquem rapere, Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 45: in nervo jacebis, id. Curc. 5, 3, 40; cf. id. Capt. 3, 5, 71: [[vereor]] ne [[istaec]] [[fortitudo]] in nervum erumpat [[denique]], [[will]] [[lay]] [[you]] by the heels, [[bring]] [[you]] [[into]] [[durance]], Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 10; 4, 4, 15: eximere de nervo aliquem, Liv. 6, 15, 9: misit in nervum, Vulg. Jer. 20, 2.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Nerve, [[vigor]], [[force]], [[power]], [[strength]]: digna res est ubi tu nervos intendas tuos, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20: [[onus]] ... dignum, in quo omnes nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35: omnibus nervis mihi contendendum est, ut, etc., id. ib. 2, 3, 56, § 130: opibus ac nervis ad perniciem suam uti, Caes. B. G. 1, 20; Cic. Phil. 5, 12, 32: nervi belli [[pecunia]], id. ib. 5, 2, 5: vectigalia nervos esse rei publicae, id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17: legionum nervos incidere, id. Phil. 12, 3, 8: poëtae molliunt animos, nervos omnes virtutis elidunt, id. Tusc. 2, 11, 27: [[video]], [[fore]] nervis [[opus]] sapientiāque tuā, id. Fam. 3, 10, 1: loci inhaerentes in nervis causarum, [[intimately]] [[connected]] [[with]] [[them]], id. de Or. 3, 27, 106: nervi conjurationis, the leaders, Liv. 7, 39, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., of [[expression]], [[force]], [[energy]]: horum [[oratio]] [[neque]] nervos, [[neque]] aculeos oratorios ac forenses habet, Cic. Or. 19, 62; cf. id. de Or. 3, 21, 80: nervi in dicendo, id. ib. 2, 22, 91: sectantem levia nervi Deficiunt, Hor. A. P. 26.
|lshtext=<b>nervus</b>: i, m. [[root]] snar-; Old Germ. snara, a [[snare]]; Gr. [[νεῦρον]]; cf. [[parvus]] and [[παῦρος]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[sinew]], [[tendon]], [[nerve]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: his adde nervos, a quibus [[artus]] continentur, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139: hoc nervos confirmari putant, Caes. B. G. 6, 20: [[nervus]] qui [[platys]] appellatur, Plin. 26, 8, 58, § 90: hic [[primum]] nervos et venas expressit (of [[Pythagoras]] the [[painter]]), id. 34, 8, 19, § 59: nervorum [[contractio]], Sen. Ep. 66, 40: nervi quos τένοντας [[Graeci]] appellant, Cels. 8, 1: condamus [[alter]] alterum in nervum bracchialem, [[let]] us [[embrace]], Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 99.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I. q. [[membrum]] [[virile]], Hor. Epod. 12, 19; Juv. 10, 205; 9, 35; pl. nervi, Petr. 131, §§ 4 and 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[string]] of a [[musical]] [[instrument]]: omnes voces, ut nervi in fidibus, ita sonant, ut, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216: cotidiano cantu vocum et nervorum et tibiarum tota [[vicinitas]] personat, id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134; Verg. A. 9, 776; Hor. C. 3, 11, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[bowstring]]: reciproca tendens nervo equino concita [[tela]], Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 80 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 176 Rib.): nervoque [[obversus]] equino Contendit [[telum]], Verg. A. 9, 622: nervo aptare sagittas, id. ib. 10, 131: erumpit nervo pulsante [[sagitta]], id. G. 4, 313; so Val. Fl. 6, 376; 1, 437; Luc. 7, 141.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> A [[bow]]: aliquem fallere nervo, Val. Fl. 3, 182.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[leather]] [[with]] [[which]] shields were [[covered]]: [[scuta]] nervo firmata, Tac. A. 2, 14; Sil. 4, 293.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[thong]] [[with]] [[which]] a [[person]] [[was]] [[bound]], Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 11; Veg. Mil. 4, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>6</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The cords or wires by [[which]] a [[puppet]] is moved: duceris ut nervis alienis [[mobile]] [[lignum]], Hor. S. 2, 7, 82.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>7</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[fetter]]: nervum appellamus [[etiam]] ferreum [[vinculum]], quo [[pedes]] impediuntur: [[quamquam]] [[Plautus]] eo [[etiam]] cervices vinciri ait: Perfidiose [[captus]] [[edepol]] nervo cervices probat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.: VINCITO AVT NERVO, AVT COMPEDIBVS, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1: in nervo [[atque]] compedibus aetatem agunt, [[Cato]] ap. Gell. 11, 18, 18; cf. Plaut. As. 3, 2, 5: posuit in nervo [[pedes]] meos, Vulg. Job, 33, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> A [[prison]]: in nervum aliquem rapere, Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 45: in nervo jacebis, id. Curc. 5, 3, 40; cf. id. Capt. 3, 5, 71: [[vereor]] ne [[istaec]] [[fortitudo]] in nervum erumpat [[denique]], [[will]] [[lay]] [[you]] by the heels, [[bring]] [[you]] [[into]] [[durance]], Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 10; 4, 4, 15: eximere de nervo aliquem, Liv. 6, 15, 9: misit in nervum, Vulg. Jer. 20, 2.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Nerve, [[vigor]], [[force]], [[power]], [[strength]]: digna res est ubi tu nervos intendas tuos, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20: [[onus]] ... dignum, in quo omnes nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35: omnibus nervis mihi contendendum est, ut, etc., id. ib. 2, 3, 56, § 130: opibus ac nervis ad perniciem suam uti, Caes. B. G. 1, 20; Cic. Phil. 5, 12, 32: nervi belli [[pecunia]], id. ib. 5, 2, 5: vectigalia nervos esse rei publicae, id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17: legionum nervos incidere, id. Phil. 12, 3, 8: poëtae molliunt animos, nervos omnes virtutis elidunt, id. Tusc. 2, 11, 27: [[video]], [[fore]] nervis [[opus]] sapientiāque tuā, id. Fam. 3, 10, 1: loci inhaerentes in nervis causarum, [[intimately]] [[connected]] [[with]] [[them]], id. de Or. 3, 27, 106: nervi conjurationis, the leaders, Liv. 7, 39, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., of [[expression]], [[force]], [[energy]]: horum [[oratio]] [[neque]] nervos, [[neque]] aculeos oratorios ac forenses habet, Cic. Or. 19, 62; cf. id. de Or. 3, 21, 80: nervi in dicendo, id. ib. 2, 22, 91: sectantem levia nervi Deficiunt, Hor. A. P. 26.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>nervus</b>,⁹ ī, m. ([[νεῦρον]]),<br /><b>1</b> tendon, ligament, nerf : Cic. Nat. 2, 139<br /><b>2</b> membre viril : Hor. Epo. 12, 19 ; Juv. 10, 205<br /><b>3</b> cordes de boyau [dans la lyre] : Cic. de Or. 3, 216 &#124;&#124; corde d’un arc : Virg. En. 9, 622 &#124;&#124; arc : Val. Flacc. 3, 182 &#124;&#124; lanière de cuir : Tac. Ann. 2, 14<br /><b>4</b> liens [même de [[fer]], qu’on attachait au cou et surtout aux pieds] : Fest. 165, cf. Gell. 20, 1 ; 11, 18, 18 ; Pl. Capt. 729, etc. &#124;&#124; [d’où] [[fers]], prison, cachot : Pl. Curc. 718 ; Rud. 872 ; Ter. Phorm. 325 ; Liv. 6, 15, 9<br /><b>5</b> [fig.] nerf, force : vectigalia nervos [[esse]] [[rei]] publicæ [[semper]] duximus Cic. Pomp. 17, nous avons toujours considéré les revenus publics comme le nerf de l’État, cf. Cic. Phil. 5, 5 &#124;&#124; énergie, vigueur : Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 35 ; 3, 130 ; Tusc. 2, 27 ; Att. 15, 4, 1 ; [en parl. du style] Cic. de Or. 2, 91 ; 3, 80 ; Or. 62, etc. ; Hor. P. 26 &#124;&#124; partie essentielle d’une chose : nervi causarum Cic. de Or. 3, 106, contexture [[intime]] des causes ; nervi conjurationis Liv. 7, 39, 6, les chefs d’une conspiration.||corde d’un arc : Virg. En. 9, 622||arc : Val. Flacc. 3, 182||lanière de cuir : Tac. Ann. 2, 14<br /><b>4</b> liens [même de [[fer]], qu’on attachait au cou et surtout aux pieds] : Fest. 165, cf. Gell. 20, 1 ; 11, 18, 18 ; Pl. Capt. 729, etc.||[d’où] [[fers]], prison, cachot : Pl. Curc. 718 ; Rud. 872 ; Ter. Phorm. 325 ; Liv. 6, 15, 9<br /><b>5</b> [fig.] nerf, force : vectigalia nervos [[esse]] [[rei]] publicæ [[semper]] duximus Cic. Pomp. 17, nous avons toujours considéré les revenus publics comme le nerf de l’État, cf. Cic. Phil. 5, 5||énergie, vigueur : Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 35 ; 3, 130 ; Tusc. 2, 27 ; Att. 15, 4, 1 ; [en parl. du style] Cic. de Or. 2, 91 ; 3, 80 ; Or. 62, etc. ; Hor. P. 26||partie essentielle d’une chose : nervi causarum Cic. de Or. 3, 106, contexture [[intime]] des causes ; nervi conjurationis Liv. 7, 39, 6, les chefs d’une conspiration.
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{{Georges
|georg=nervus, ī, m. ([[νεῦρον]]), die [[Sehne]], [[Flechse]], gew. Plur. nervi, die [[Sehnen]] u. Flechsen (ligamenta), die Muskeln, die Nerven (die [[jedoch]] die Alten [[noch]] zu [[Celsus]]' [[Zeit]] [[nicht]] [[als]] Organe der [[Empfindung]] u. [[Bewegung]] gekannt zu [[haben]] [[scheinen]]), I) eig. u. übtr.: A) eig.: nervorum [[distentio]], Nervenzufälle (Krämpfe), nervorum [[resolutio]], [[Lähmung]] der Nerven, Cels.: nervi, a quibus [[artus]] continentur, Cic.: nervi in omne [[corpus]] ducuntur, Cels.: [[nervus]] [[umbilicaris]], die Nabelschnur, Tert.: nervos et venas exprimere (v. einem [[Maler]]), Plin.: digitorum nervos incīdere, Lampr.: scherzh., condamus [[alter]] alterum [[ergo]] in nervom bracchialem, [[umarmen]] [[wir]] [[einander]], Plaut. Poen. 1269. – B) übtr.: 1) das männliche [[Glied]], Hor. epod. 12, 19: dass. Plur. nervi, Petron. 131. § 4 u. 6. – 2) die aus Tiersehnen, aus Därmen gemachte [[Saite]], [[Darmsaite]], nervorum [[sonus]] in fidibus, Cic.: nervos pellere ([[rühren]]), Cic.: numeros intendere nervis, Verg.: cantu nervorum et tibiarum tota [[vicinitas]] personat, Cic.: tu... duceris ut nervis alienis mobile [[lignum]], du bist eine bloße [[Marionette]], Hor. [[sat]]. 2, 7, 82. – 3) die [[Sehne]] [[des]] Bogens, Verg. u. Ov.: dah. meton., der [[Bogen]], Val. Flacc. 3, 182. – 4) die [[Rindshaut]], das [[Leder]], [[womit]] die Schilde überzogen waren, Tac. ann. 2, 14. Sil. 4, 291 (293). – 5) [[ein]] [[Riemen]], [[mit]] dem [[jemand]] gefesselt wird, Plaut. u. Veget. mil. – dah. übh. = [[Bande]], Fesseln, nervo [[vinctus]], Plaut.: nervo [[aut]] compedibus vinciri, [[mit]] [[Hand]]- od. Fußfesseln, Gell. – u. = [[Gefängnis]], [[Haft]], in nervo iacēre, Plaut.: in nervis teneri, Liv.: eximere de nervo cives vestros, Liv.: [[vereor]], ne [[istaec]] [[fortitudo]] in nervum erumpat [[denique]], daß du [[mit]] deiner [[Tapferkeit]] ins [[Loch]] gesteckt wirst, Ter. – II) bildl.: A) die [[Sehne]], der [[Nerv]] [[als]] [[Sitz]] der [[Kraft]] u. [[Stärke]], 1) im allg.: dignum [[onus]], in [[quo]] omnes nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem, Cic.: omnibus nervis [[mihi]] contendendum est, ut etc., Cic.: quibus opibus ac nervis ad gratiam minuendam uteretur, Caes.: experietur consentientis [[senatus]] nervos [[atque]] [[vires]], Cic.: [[qui]] si attulerint nervos et industriam excutient [[tibi]] istam verborum iactationem, Cic. – 2) insbes., die [[Kraft]], der [[Nachdruck]] der [[Rede]], nervi oratorii, Cic., sectantem levia nervi deficiunt [[atque]] animi, bleibt [[kraft]]- u. [[geistlos]], Hor. – B) die [[Sehnen]], Nerven [[als]] [[Spannkraft]], [[Lebenskraft]], Haupttriebfedern, Hauptorgane, das [[innerste]] [[Wesen]], omnes nervos virtutis elidere, Cic.: nervos omnes [[urbis]] exsecare, Cic.: legionum nostrarum nervos [[nonne]] his consiliis incīdimus? Cic.: vectigalia [[esse]] nervos [[rei]] publicae, Cic.: hosti largiri... nervos belli, pecuniam infinitam, quā [[nunc]] eget, Cic.: nervos coniurationis eiectos, Liv.: [[illi]] loci, [[qui]] inhaerentes in earum (causarum) nervis [[esse]] debent, [[einen]] organischen [[Bestandteil]] derselben [[bilden]] [[müssen]], Cic.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=nervus, i. m. :: 筋。引絃。琵琶絃。壯力。犯人鎍。屌。Incidere nervos virtutis 斷德行之精神。Nervos omnes contendere ''vel'' contendere omnibus nervis 盡心竭力。
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Latest revision as of 19:05, 12 June 2024

Latin > English

nervus nervi N M :: sinew/muscle/nerve; hamstring; tendon (as material); stringed instrument (pl.)
nervus nervus nervi N M :: strength; vigor, nerve, force, power; sexual power, virility; penis (rude)
nervus nervus nervi N M :: string/cord; bowstring; bow; (leather) thong; fetter (for prisoner); prison

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

nervus: i, m. root snar-; Old Germ. snara, a snare; Gr. νεῦρον; cf. parvus and παῦρος,
I a sinew, tendon, nerve.
I Lit.: his adde nervos, a quibus artus continentur, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139: hoc nervos confirmari putant, Caes. B. G. 6, 20: nervus qui platys appellatur, Plin. 26, 8, 58, § 90: hic primum nervos et venas expressit (of Pythagoras the painter), id. 34, 8, 19, § 59: nervorum contractio, Sen. Ep. 66, 40: nervi quos τένοντας Graeci appellant, Cels. 8, 1: condamus alter alterum in nervum bracchialem, let us embrace, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 99.—
   B Transf.
   1    I. q. membrum virile, Hor. Epod. 12, 19; Juv. 10, 205; 9, 35; pl. nervi, Petr. 131, §§ 4 and 6.—
   2    A string of a musical instrument: omnes voces, ut nervi in fidibus, ita sonant, ut, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216: cotidiano cantu vocum et nervorum et tibiarum tota vicinitas personat, id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134; Verg. A. 9, 776; Hor. C. 3, 11, 4.—
   3    A bowstring: reciproca tendens nervo equino concita tela, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 80 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 176 Rib.): nervoque obversus equino Contendit telum, Verg. A. 9, 622: nervo aptare sagittas, id. ib. 10, 131: erumpit nervo pulsante sagitta, id. G. 4, 313; so Val. Fl. 6, 376; 1, 437; Luc. 7, 141.—
   b A bow: aliquem fallere nervo, Val. Fl. 3, 182.—
   4    The leather with which shields were covered: scuta nervo firmata, Tac. A. 2, 14; Sil. 4, 293.—
   5    A thong with which a person was bound, Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 11; Veg. Mil. 4, 9.—
   6    The cords or wires by which a puppet is moved: duceris ut nervis alienis mobile lignum, Hor. S. 2, 7, 82.—
   7    A fetter: nervum appellamus etiam ferreum vinculum, quo pedes impediuntur: quamquam Plautus eo etiam cervices vinciri ait: Perfidiose captus edepol nervo cervices probat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.: VINCITO AVT NERVO, AVT COMPEDIBVS, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1: in nervo atque compedibus aetatem agunt, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 18, 18; cf. Plaut. As. 3, 2, 5: posuit in nervo pedes meos, Vulg. Job, 33, 11.—
   b A prison: in nervum aliquem rapere, Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 45: in nervo jacebis, id. Curc. 5, 3, 40; cf. id. Capt. 3, 5, 71: vereor ne istaec fortitudo in nervum erumpat denique, will lay you by the heels, bring you into durance, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 10; 4, 4, 15: eximere de nervo aliquem, Liv. 6, 15, 9: misit in nervum, Vulg. Jer. 20, 2.—
II Trop.
   A Nerve, vigor, force, power, strength: digna res est ubi tu nervos intendas tuos, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20: onus ... dignum, in quo omnes nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35: omnibus nervis mihi contendendum est, ut, etc., id. ib. 2, 3, 56, § 130: opibus ac nervis ad perniciem suam uti, Caes. B. G. 1, 20; Cic. Phil. 5, 12, 32: nervi belli pecunia, id. ib. 5, 2, 5: vectigalia nervos esse rei publicae, id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17: legionum nervos incidere, id. Phil. 12, 3, 8: poëtae molliunt animos, nervos omnes virtutis elidunt, id. Tusc. 2, 11, 27: video, fore nervis opus sapientiāque tuā, id. Fam. 3, 10, 1: loci inhaerentes in nervis causarum, intimately connected with them, id. de Or. 3, 27, 106: nervi conjurationis, the leaders, Liv. 7, 39, 6.—
   B In partic., of expression, force, energy: horum oratio neque nervos, neque aculeos oratorios ac forenses habet, Cic. Or. 19, 62; cf. id. de Or. 3, 21, 80: nervi in dicendo, id. ib. 2, 22, 91: sectantem levia nervi Deficiunt, Hor. A. P. 26.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

nervus,⁹ ī, m. (νεῦρον),
1 tendon, ligament, nerf : Cic. Nat. 2, 139
2 membre viril : Hor. Epo. 12, 19 ; Juv. 10, 205
3 cordes de boyau [dans la lyre] : Cic. de Or. 3, 216 || corde d’un arc : Virg. En. 9, 622 || arc : Val. Flacc. 3, 182 || lanière de cuir : Tac. Ann. 2, 14
4 liens [même de fer, qu’on attachait au cou et surtout aux pieds] : Fest. 165, cf. Gell. 20, 1 ; 11, 18, 18 ; Pl. Capt. 729, etc. || [d’où] fers, prison, cachot : Pl. Curc. 718 ; Rud. 872 ; Ter. Phorm. 325 ; Liv. 6, 15, 9
5 [fig.] nerf, force : vectigalia nervos esse rei publicæ semper duximus Cic. Pomp. 17, nous avons toujours considéré les revenus publics comme le nerf de l’État, cf. Cic. Phil. 5, 5 || énergie, vigueur : Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 35 ; 3, 130 ; Tusc. 2, 27 ; Att. 15, 4, 1 ; [en parl. du style] Cic. de Or. 2, 91 ; 3, 80 ; Or. 62, etc. ; Hor. P. 26 || partie essentielle d’une chose : nervi causarum Cic. de Or. 3, 106, contexture intime des causes ; nervi conjurationis Liv. 7, 39, 6, les chefs d’une conspiration.

Latin > German (Georges)

nervus, ī, m. (νεῦρον), die Sehne, Flechse, gew. Plur. nervi, die Sehnen u. Flechsen (ligamenta), die Muskeln, die Nerven (die jedoch die Alten noch zu Celsus' Zeit nicht als Organe der Empfindung u. Bewegung gekannt zu haben scheinen), I) eig. u. übtr.: A) eig.: nervorum distentio, Nervenzufälle (Krämpfe), nervorum resolutio, Lähmung der Nerven, Cels.: nervi, a quibus artus continentur, Cic.: nervi in omne corpus ducuntur, Cels.: nervus umbilicaris, die Nabelschnur, Tert.: nervos et venas exprimere (v. einem Maler), Plin.: digitorum nervos incīdere, Lampr.: scherzh., condamus alter alterum ergo in nervom bracchialem, umarmen wir einander, Plaut. Poen. 1269. – B) übtr.: 1) das männliche Glied, Hor. epod. 12, 19: dass. Plur. nervi, Petron. 131. § 4 u. 6. – 2) die aus Tiersehnen, aus Därmen gemachte Saite, Darmsaite, nervorum sonus in fidibus, Cic.: nervos pellere (rühren), Cic.: numeros intendere nervis, Verg.: cantu nervorum et tibiarum tota vicinitas personat, Cic.: tu... duceris ut nervis alienis mobile lignum, du bist eine bloße Marionette, Hor. sat. 2, 7, 82. – 3) die Sehne des Bogens, Verg. u. Ov.: dah. meton., der Bogen, Val. Flacc. 3, 182. – 4) die Rindshaut, das Leder, womit die Schilde überzogen waren, Tac. ann. 2, 14. Sil. 4, 291 (293). – 5) ein Riemen, mit dem jemand gefesselt wird, Plaut. u. Veget. mil. – dah. übh. = Bande, Fesseln, nervo vinctus, Plaut.: nervo aut compedibus vinciri, mit Hand- od. Fußfesseln, Gell. – u. = Gefängnis, Haft, in nervo iacēre, Plaut.: in nervis teneri, Liv.: eximere de nervo cives vestros, Liv.: vereor, ne istaec fortitudo in nervum erumpat denique, daß du mit deiner Tapferkeit ins Loch gesteckt wirst, Ter. – II) bildl.: A) die Sehne, der Nerv als Sitz der Kraft u. Stärke, 1) im allg.: dignum onus, in quo omnes nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem, Cic.: omnibus nervis mihi contendendum est, ut etc., Cic.: quibus opibus ac nervis ad gratiam minuendam uteretur, Caes.: experietur consentientis senatus nervos atque vires, Cic.: qui si attulerint nervos et industriam excutient tibi istam verborum iactationem, Cic. – 2) insbes., die Kraft, der Nachdruck der Rede, nervi oratorii, Cic., sectantem levia nervi deficiunt atque animi, bleibt kraft- u. geistlos, Hor. – B) die Sehnen, Nerven als Spannkraft, Lebenskraft, Haupttriebfedern, Hauptorgane, das innerste Wesen, omnes nervos virtutis elidere, Cic.: nervos omnes urbis exsecare, Cic.: legionum nostrarum nervos nonne his consiliis incīdimus? Cic.: vectigalia esse nervos rei publicae, Cic.: hosti largiri... nervos belli, pecuniam infinitam, quā nunc eget, Cic.: nervos coniurationis eiectos, Liv.: illi loci, qui inhaerentes in earum (causarum) nervis esse debent, einen organischen Bestandteil derselben bilden müssen, Cic.

Latin > Chinese

nervus, i. m. :: 筋。引絃。琵琶絃。壯力。犯人鎍。屌。Incidere nervos virtutis 斷德行之精神。Nervos omnes contendere vel contendere omnibus nervis 盡心竭力。