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|lshtext=<b>nōdus</b>: i, m. for gnodus; Sanscr. [[root]] gadh-, gandh-, [[grasp]]; cf. Gr. Χανδάνω, [[hold]]; [[γνάθος]], [[jaw]]; Lat. pre-hend-o; Germ. Knoten; Engl. [[knot]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[knot]] (cf. [[nexus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[nodus]] vinculumque, Cic. Univ. 4: necte [[tribus]] nodis ternos, Amarylli, colores, Verg. E. 8, 77: Cacum Corripit in nodum [[complexus]], clasping him as in a [[knot]], id. A. 8, 260: nodos manu diducere, Ov. M. 2, 560: [[nodus]] Herculis or [[Herculaneus]], a [[knot]] [[difficult]] to [[untie]], of [[which]] [[Hercules]] [[was]] held to be the [[inventor]], Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 63: [[unus]] [[tibi]] [[nodus]], sed [[Herculaneus]], restat, Sen. Ep. 87, 38: [[tamquam]] [[nodus]] [[Gordius]] difficillimus, Amm. 14, 11, 1: [[cingulum]] (novae nuptae) Herculaneo [[nodo]] vinctum vir solvit ominis [[gratia]], Paul. ex Fest. s. v. cingulo, p. 63 Müll.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf.<br /> <b>1</b> A [[girdle]] ([[poet]].): nodoque [[sinus]] [[collecta]] fluentes, Verg. A. 1, 320; Mart. 6, 13, 5.— Hence, astronom.: [[nodus]] anni, the [[circle]] of the equator, Lucr. 5, 688.—<br /> <b>2</b> A [[mode]] of [[dressing]] the [[hair]], a [[knot]], [[club]]: Rheni nodos, the [[hair]] of the Germans gathered [[into]] a [[club]], Mart. 5, 37, 8; cf.: [[insigne]] gentis obliquare crinem nodoque substringere, Tac. G. 38.—<br /> <b>3</b> Plur.: nodi, a knotted [[fishing]]-[[net]], Manil. 5, 664.—<br /> <b>4</b> A [[knot]], knob, node on a [[joint]] of an [[animal]]'s [[body]]: crura [[sine]] nodis, Caes. B. G. 6, 27: [[cervix]] articulorum nodis jungitur, Plin. 11, 37, 67, § 177; 11, 37, 88, § 217: dirae [[nodus]] hyaenae, a [[backbone]], dorsal [[vertebra]], Luc. 6, 672.— Hence, nodi articulorum, a [[swelling]], [[tumor]] on the joints, Plin. 24, 5, 13, § 21; 30, 12, 36, § 110.—<br /> <b>5</b> A [[knot]], knob, [[fold]], etc.<br /> <b>(a)</b> In [[wood]] or the branches of plants: [[baculum]] [[sine]] [[nodo]] aduncum tenens, Liv. 1, 18, 7; Sen. Ben. 7, 9: [[stipes]] [[gravidus]] nodis, Verg. A. 7, 507: [[telum]] solidum nodis, id. ib. 11, 553: [[gracilitas]] harundinis, distincta nodis, Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158; Col. Arb. 3.—Hence, the [[knotty]] [[club]] of [[Hercules]], Sen. Herc. Oet. 1661.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Of a writhing [[serpent]]: nixantem nodis seque in sua membra plicantem, Verg. A. 5, 279.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> Prov.: nodum in [[scirpo]] quaerere, to [[look]] for knots in a bulrush ([[which]] contains [[none]]), i. e. to [[find]] difficulties [[where]] [[there]] are [[none]], Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Sat. v. 46 Vahl.): in [[scirpo]] nodum quaeris, Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 22; Ter. And. 5, 4, 38.—<br /> <b>6</b> A [[knot]], [[hard]] [[part]] of a [[thing]]; so of metals, Plin. 34, 13, 37, § 136; of [[precious]] stones, id. 37, 10, 55, § 150.—<br /> <b>7</b> A [[star]] in the [[constellation]] Pisces, Cic. Arat. 14; Caes. Germ. Arat. 243.—<br /> <b>8</b> In astron.: nodi, the [[four]] points in the heavens [[where]] the seasons [[begin]], the nodes, Manil. 3, 618; cf. id. 2, 430.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen., a [[band]], [[bond]]: his [[igitur]] singulis versibus [[quasi]] nodi [[apparent]] continuationis, Cic. Or. 66, 222: [[velut]] laxioribus nodis resolvemus, Quint. 9, 4, 127: amabilissimum nodum amicitiae tollere, Cic. Lael. 14, 51.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> A [[bond]], [[obligation]] ([[poet]].): exsolvere animum nodis religionum, Lucr. 4, 7: imponere nodos, i. e. jusjurandum, Ov. H. 20, 39 Ruhnk.—<br /> <b>2</b> A [[knotty]] [[point]], [[difficulty]], [[impediment]].—Absol.: dum hic [[nodus]] expediatur non putet [[senatus]] nos oportere decedere, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 3: incideramus in difficilem nodum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 1.—With gen.: Abantem interimit, pugnae nodumque moramque, Verg. A. 10, 428: cum [[scopulus]] et [[nodus]] et [[mora]] publicae securitatis superesset [[Antonius]], Flor. 4, 9, 1: qui juris nodos et legum aenigmata solvat (an [[allusion]] to the Gordian [[knot]]), Juv. 8, 50 ([[hence]], [[Cicuta]] [[nodosus]]; v. [[nodosus]]).— Esp.: [[nodus]] linguae, the [[bond]] or [[tie]] of the [[tongue]]: nodum linguae rumpere, Gell. 5, 9, 2: nodos linguae solvere, Just. 13, 7, 6. | |lshtext=<b>nōdus</b>: i, m. for gnodus; Sanscr. [[root]] gadh-, gandh-, [[grasp]]; cf. Gr. Χανδάνω, [[hold]]; [[γνάθος]], [[jaw]]; Lat. pre-hend-o; Germ. Knoten; Engl. [[knot]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[knot]] (cf. [[nexus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[nodus]] vinculumque, Cic. Univ. 4: necte [[tribus]] nodis ternos, Amarylli, colores, Verg. E. 8, 77: Cacum Corripit in nodum [[complexus]], clasping him as in a [[knot]], id. A. 8, 260: nodos manu diducere, Ov. M. 2, 560: [[nodus]] Herculis or [[Herculaneus]], a [[knot]] [[difficult]] to [[untie]], of [[which]] [[Hercules]] [[was]] held to be the [[inventor]], Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 63: [[unus]] [[tibi]] [[nodus]], sed [[Herculaneus]], restat, Sen. Ep. 87, 38: [[tamquam]] [[nodus]] [[Gordius]] difficillimus, Amm. 14, 11, 1: [[cingulum]] (novae nuptae) Herculaneo [[nodo]] vinctum vir solvit ominis [[gratia]], Paul. ex Fest. s. v. cingulo, p. 63 Müll.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf.<br /> <b>1</b> A [[girdle]] ([[poet]].): nodoque [[sinus]] [[collecta]] fluentes, Verg. A. 1, 320; Mart. 6, 13, 5.— Hence, astronom.: [[nodus]] anni, the [[circle]] of the equator, Lucr. 5, 688.—<br /> <b>2</b> A [[mode]] of [[dressing]] the [[hair]], a [[knot]], [[club]]: Rheni nodos, the [[hair]] of the Germans gathered [[into]] a [[club]], Mart. 5, 37, 8; cf.: [[insigne]] gentis obliquare crinem nodoque substringere, Tac. G. 38.—<br /> <b>3</b> Plur.: nodi, a knotted [[fishing]]-[[net]], Manil. 5, 664.—<br /> <b>4</b> A [[knot]], knob, node on a [[joint]] of an [[animal]]'s [[body]]: crura [[sine]] nodis, Caes. B. G. 6, 27: [[cervix]] articulorum nodis jungitur, Plin. 11, 37, 67, § 177; 11, 37, 88, § 217: dirae [[nodus]] hyaenae, a [[backbone]], dorsal [[vertebra]], Luc. 6, 672.— Hence, nodi articulorum, a [[swelling]], [[tumor]] on the joints, Plin. 24, 5, 13, § 21; 30, 12, 36, § 110.—<br /> <b>5</b> A [[knot]], knob, [[fold]], etc.<br /> <b>(a)</b> In [[wood]] or the branches of plants: [[baculum]] [[sine]] [[nodo]] aduncum tenens, Liv. 1, 18, 7; Sen. Ben. 7, 9: [[stipes]] [[gravidus]] nodis, Verg. A. 7, 507: [[telum]] solidum nodis, id. ib. 11, 553: [[gracilitas]] harundinis, distincta nodis, Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158; Col. Arb. 3.—Hence, the [[knotty]] [[club]] of [[Hercules]], Sen. Herc. Oet. 1661.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Of a writhing [[serpent]]: nixantem nodis seque in sua membra plicantem, Verg. A. 5, 279.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> Prov.: nodum in [[scirpo]] quaerere, to [[look]] for knots in a bulrush ([[which]] contains [[none]]), i. e. to [[find]] difficulties [[where]] [[there]] are [[none]], Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Sat. v. 46 Vahl.): in [[scirpo]] nodum quaeris, Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 22; Ter. And. 5, 4, 38.—<br /> <b>6</b> A [[knot]], [[hard]] [[part]] of a [[thing]]; so of metals, Plin. 34, 13, 37, § 136; of [[precious]] stones, id. 37, 10, 55, § 150.—<br /> <b>7</b> A [[star]] in the [[constellation]] Pisces, Cic. Arat. 14; Caes. Germ. Arat. 243.—<br /> <b>8</b> In astron.: nodi, the [[four]] points in the heavens [[where]] the seasons [[begin]], the nodes, Manil. 3, 618; cf. id. 2, 430.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen., a [[band]], [[bond]]: his [[igitur]] singulis versibus [[quasi]] nodi [[apparent]] continuationis, Cic. Or. 66, 222: [[velut]] laxioribus nodis resolvemus, Quint. 9, 4, 127: amabilissimum nodum amicitiae tollere, Cic. Lael. 14, 51.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> A [[bond]], [[obligation]] ([[poet]].): exsolvere animum nodis religionum, Lucr. 4, 7: imponere nodos, i. e. jusjurandum, Ov. H. 20, 39 Ruhnk.—<br /> <b>2</b> A [[knotty]] [[point]], [[difficulty]], [[impediment]].—Absol.: dum hic [[nodus]] expediatur non putet [[senatus]] nos oportere decedere, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 3: incideramus in difficilem nodum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 1.—With gen.: Abantem interimit, pugnae nodumque moramque, Verg. A. 10, 428: cum [[scopulus]] et [[nodus]] et [[mora]] publicae securitatis superesset [[Antonius]], Flor. 4, 9, 1: qui juris nodos et legum aenigmata solvat (an [[allusion]] to the Gordian [[knot]]), Juv. 8, 50 ([[hence]], [[Cicuta]] [[nodosus]]; v. [[nodosus]]).— Esp.: [[nodus]] linguae, the [[bond]] or [[tie]] of the [[tongue]]: nodum linguae rumpere, Gell. 5, 9, 2: nodos linguae solvere, Just. 13, 7, 6. | ||
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|gf=<b>nōdus</b>,¹⁰ ī, m.,<br /><b>1</b> nœud : Cic. Tim. 13 ; Virg. En. 8, 260 || [poét.] ceinture : Virg. En. 1, 320 || nœud de cheveux : Tac. G. 38 || articulation, jointure, vertèbre : Cæs. G. 6, 27, 1 ; Plin. 11, 177 ; Luc. 6, 672 || nœud des végétaux] : Liv. 1, 18, 7 ; Virg. En. 7, 507 ; Plin. 16, 158 ; Col. Arb. 3, 1 || plis, replis des reptiles] : Virg. En. 5, 279 || nœud des métaux] : Plin. 34, 136 || étoile entre les Poissons [constellation] : Cic. Arat. 34, 18 || nodi, les quatre parties du ciel où commencent les saisons : Manil. 3, 618 || [[nodus]] anni Lucr. 5, 688, nœud de l’année, point d’intersection de l’écliptique et de l’équateur [il y a en fait deux tels points, le nœud descendant et le nœud ascendant ou point vernal ; le passage de Lucrèce n’[[est]] pas assez clair pour pouvoir les distinguer]<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> nœud, [[lien]] : amabilissimus [[nodus]] amicitiæ Cic. Læl. 51, le [[lien]] le [[plus]] aimable de l’amitié, cf. Or. 222 ; <b> b)</b> difficulté, nœud, obstacle : [[dum]] [[hic]] [[nodus]] expediatur Cic. Att. 5, 21, 3, jusqu’à ce que [[cette]] difficulté soit tranchée, cf. Cic. ad Br. 26, 5 ; pugnæ Virg. En. 10, 428, ce qui entrave la victoire || nœud, intrigue [d’une pièce] : Hor. P. 191. | |gf=<b>nōdus</b>,¹⁰ ī, m.,<br /><b>1</b> nœud : Cic. Tim. 13 ; Virg. En. 8, 260 || [poét.] ceinture : Virg. En. 1, 320 || nœud de cheveux : Tac. G. 38 || articulation, jointure, vertèbre : Cæs. G. 6, 27, 1 ; Plin. 11, 177 ; Luc. 6, 672 || nœud des végétaux] : Liv. 1, 18, 7 ; Virg. En. 7, 507 ; Plin. 16, 158 ; Col. Arb. 3, 1 || plis, replis des reptiles] : Virg. En. 5, 279 || nœud des métaux] : Plin. 34, 136 || étoile entre les Poissons [constellation] : Cic. Arat. 34, 18 || nodi, les quatre parties du ciel où commencent les saisons : Manil. 3, 618 || [[nodus]] anni Lucr. 5, 688, nœud de l’année, point d’intersection de l’écliptique et de l’équateur [il y a en fait deux tels points, le nœud descendant et le nœud ascendant ou point vernal ; le passage de Lucrèce n’[[est]] pas assez clair pour pouvoir les distinguer]<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> nœud, [[lien]] : amabilissimus [[nodus]] amicitiæ Cic. Læl. 51, le [[lien]] le [[plus]] aimable de l’amitié, cf. Or. 222 ; <b> b)</b> difficulté, nœud, obstacle : [[dum]] [[hic]] [[nodus]] expediatur Cic. Att. 5, 21, 3, jusqu’à ce que [[cette]] difficulté soit tranchée, cf. Cic. ad Br. 26, 5 ; pugnæ Virg. En. 10, 428, ce qui entrave la victoire || nœud, intrigue [d’une pièce] : Hor. P. 191.||[poét.] ceinture : Virg. En. 1, 320||nœud de cheveux : Tac. G. 38||articulation, jointure, vertèbre : Cæs. G. 6, 27, 1 ; Plin. 11, 177 ; Luc. 6, 672||nœud des végétaux] : Liv. 1, 18, 7 ; Virg. En. 7, 507 ; Plin. 16, 158 ; Col. Arb. 3, 1||plis, replis des reptiles] : Virg. En. 5, 279||nœud des métaux] : Plin. 34, 136||étoile entre les Poissons [constellation] : Cic. Arat. 34, 18||nodi, les quatre parties du ciel où commencent les saisons : Manil. 3, 618||[[nodus]] anni Lucr. 5, 688, nœud de l’année, point d’intersection de l’écliptique et de l’équateur [il y a en fait deux tels points, le nœud descendant et le nœud ascendant ou point vernal ; le passage de Lucrèce n’[[est]] pas assez clair pour pouvoir les distinguer]<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> nœud, [[lien]] : amabilissimus [[nodus]] amicitiæ Cic. Læl. 51, le [[lien]] le [[plus]] aimable de l’amitié, cf. Or. 222 ; <b> b)</b> difficulté, nœud, obstacle : [[dum]] [[hic]] [[nodus]] expediatur Cic. Att. 5, 21, 3, jusqu’à ce que [[cette]] difficulté soit tranchée, cf. Cic. ad Br. 26, 5 ; pugnæ Virg. En. 10, 428, ce qui entrave la victoire||nœud, intrigue [d’une pièce] : Hor. P. 191. | ||
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|georg=nōdus, ī, m. ([[necto]]), der [[Knoten]], I) eig., meton. u. bildl.: A) eig., Cic. u. n.: artissimo [[nodo]] vinciri (Ggstz. [[levi]] [[nodo]] contineri), Plin.: Cacum corripit in nodum [[complexus]], [[indem]] er die Hände um ihn schlang u. ihn [[damit]] [[gleichsam]] [[wie]] [[mit]] einem [[Knoten]] band, Verg.: [[nodus]] Herculis od. [[Herculaneus]], [[ein]] (angebl. [[von]] Herkules erfundener) [[schwer]] zu lösender ([[ganz]] fester) [[Knoten]], Plin. u. Sen.: [[tamquam]] [[nodus]] [[Gordius]] difficillimus, Amm. 14, 11, 1 (vgl. [[Gordium]]). – B) meton., [[was]] zusammengeknüpft wird, a) [[ein]] [[Gürtel]], Verg.: n. anni, G. [[des]] Äquator, Lucr. – b) die [[Wulst]], Haarwulst, [[ein]] [[Nest]], eine [[Art]] Haarputz der römischen [[Damen]], Ov. art. am. 3, 139: u. [[als]] [[Tracht]] der Germanen, [[Rheni]] nodi, Mart. 5, 37, 8. – c) nodi, [[ein]] [[Netz]], Fischernetz, Manil. 5, 665. – C) bildl.: 1) im allg., [[Verbindung]], [[Band]], amabilissimus [[nodus]] ([[Band]]) amicitiae, Cic.: his [[igitur]] versibus [[quasi]] nodi apparent continuationis, quos in ambitu coniungimus, an diesen [[vier]] Versstellen [[stellen]] [[sich]] [[gleichsam]] die [[vier]] Knotenpunkte dar, die in der [[Periode]] verbunden [[werden]] (und so [[ein]] gegliedertes Ganzes [[bilden]]), Cic.: [[nodo]] quodam violentae necessitatis [[astrictus]], Amm. – 2) insbes.: a) [[Fessel]], [[Schlinge]] = Verbindlichkeit, [[Verpflichtung]], nodi religionum, Lucr.: [[plures]] imponere nodos, bindende Eide, Ov. – b) [[Knoten]] = [[Schwierigkeit]], Verwickelung, Hinder [[nis]], in difficilem nodum incĭdere, eine schwere [[Aufgabe]] zu [[lösen]] [[haben]], Cic.: exsolvere nodum huius erroris, den [[durch]] die [[Ungewißheit]] geschlungenen [[Knoten]] [[lösen]], d.i. der [[schwer]] zu lösenden [[Ungewißheit]] [[ein]] [[Ende]] [[machen]], Liv.: iuris nodos et legum aenigmata solvere, Iuven.: [[dum]] [[hic]] [[nodus]] expediatur, [[bis]] [[dieser]] [[Knoten]] gelöst ([[dieser]] schwierige [[Umstand]] beseitigt) ist, Cic. – v. Pers., [[Abas]] pugnae nodusque moraque, der Erschwerer u. Verzögerer [[des]] Sieges, Verg. Aen. 10, 428: u. so [[nodus]] et [[mora]] publicae securitatis [[Antonius]], [[Flor]]. 4, 9, 1. – Insbes. der [[Knoten]], die Verwicklung im [[Drama]], Hor. de art. poët. 191. – II) übtr.: 1) am tierischen [[Körper]]: a) der [[Knoten]] am [[Gelenk]], der [[Knöchel]], nodi corporum, [[qui]] vocantur articuli, Plin.: corpora et nodi sinuataque terga per orbes, Manil.: crura [[sine]] nodis articulisque habere, Caes.: articulorum nodis iungi, Plin. – b) das [[Band]] der [[Zunge]], nodum linguae rumpere, Gell. 5, 9, 2: nodos linguae solvere, Iustin. 13, 7, 6. – 2) der [[Knoten]] am Holze [[oder]] an Ästen, [[Pflanzen]], Verg., Liv. u. Plin.: dah. poet. die knotige [[Keule]] [[des]] Herkules, Sen. poët. – Sprichw., s. [[scirpus]]: u. [[malo]] arboris [[nodo]] [[malus]] [[clavus]] [[aut]] [[cuneus]] infigendus est, [[auf]] [[einen]] groben [[Klotz]] gehört [[ein]] grober [[Keil]], [[Hieron]]. in Matth. 3, 21 v. 24 sqq. – 3) der [[Knoten]], d.i. die [[Härte]] [[oder]] der harte [[Teil]] [[einer]] [[Sache]], a) der Edelsteine, Plin.: [[des]] Metalls, Plin. – b) am [[Körper]], die[[Geschwulst]], Verhärtung, articulorum nodi, Gichtknoten, Plin.: nervorum nodi, Plin. – c) [[als]] astron. t. t.: α) der [[Knoten]], [[ein]] [[Stern]] im Bilde der Fische, Cic. Arat. 17. Caes. Germ. Arat. 243. – β) Plur. nodi = die [[vier]] Knotenpunkte [[des]] Himmels, wo die [[vier]] Jahreszeiten beginnen, Manil. 3, 622. | |||
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|lnztxt=nodus, i. m. :: 結。骨節。木節。難。— Herculeus 難解之結。— Gordius 難解之事。— Gratiarum 相接手之三美女神。— amicitiae 朋友之合。— Veneris 媾精。Caelestis nodus 亥宫間之一星名。Vitales animae nodi 身靈之合。Nodum in scirpo quaerere 太細。求所無。吹毛求疵。 | |||
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Latin > English
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nōdus: i, m. for gnodus; Sanscr. root gadh-, gandh-, grasp; cf. Gr. Χανδάνω, hold; γνάθος, jaw; Lat. pre-hend-o; Germ. Knoten; Engl. knot,
I a knot (cf. nexus).
I Lit.: nodus vinculumque, Cic. Univ. 4: necte tribus nodis ternos, Amarylli, colores, Verg. E. 8, 77: Cacum Corripit in nodum complexus, clasping him as in a knot, id. A. 8, 260: nodos manu diducere, Ov. M. 2, 560: nodus Herculis or Herculaneus, a knot difficult to untie, of which Hercules was held to be the inventor, Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 63: unus tibi nodus, sed Herculaneus, restat, Sen. Ep. 87, 38: tamquam nodus Gordius difficillimus, Amm. 14, 11, 1: cingulum (novae nuptae) Herculaneo nodo vinctum vir solvit ominis gratia, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. cingulo, p. 63 Müll.—
B Transf.
1 A girdle (poet.): nodoque sinus collecta fluentes, Verg. A. 1, 320; Mart. 6, 13, 5.— Hence, astronom.: nodus anni, the circle of the equator, Lucr. 5, 688.—
2 A mode of dressing the hair, a knot, club: Rheni nodos, the hair of the Germans gathered into a club, Mart. 5, 37, 8; cf.: insigne gentis obliquare crinem nodoque substringere, Tac. G. 38.—
3 Plur.: nodi, a knotted fishing-net, Manil. 5, 664.—
4 A knot, knob, node on a joint of an animal's body: crura sine nodis, Caes. B. G. 6, 27: cervix articulorum nodis jungitur, Plin. 11, 37, 67, § 177; 11, 37, 88, § 217: dirae nodus hyaenae, a backbone, dorsal vertebra, Luc. 6, 672.— Hence, nodi articulorum, a swelling, tumor on the joints, Plin. 24, 5, 13, § 21; 30, 12, 36, § 110.—
5 A knot, knob, fold, etc.
(a) In wood or the branches of plants: baculum sine nodo aduncum tenens, Liv. 1, 18, 7; Sen. Ben. 7, 9: stipes gravidus nodis, Verg. A. 7, 507: telum solidum nodis, id. ib. 11, 553: gracilitas harundinis, distincta nodis, Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158; Col. Arb. 3.—Hence, the knotty club of Hercules, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1661.—
(b) Of a writhing serpent: nixantem nodis seque in sua membra plicantem, Verg. A. 5, 279.—
(g) Prov.: nodum in scirpo quaerere, to look for knots in a bulrush (which contains none), i. e. to find difficulties where there are none, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Sat. v. 46 Vahl.): in scirpo nodum quaeris, Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 22; Ter. And. 5, 4, 38.—
6 A knot, hard part of a thing; so of metals, Plin. 34, 13, 37, § 136; of precious stones, id. 37, 10, 55, § 150.—
7 A star in the constellation Pisces, Cic. Arat. 14; Caes. Germ. Arat. 243.—
8 In astron.: nodi, the four points in the heavens where the seasons begin, the nodes, Manil. 3, 618; cf. id. 2, 430.—
II Trop.
A In gen., a band, bond: his igitur singulis versibus quasi nodi apparent continuationis, Cic. Or. 66, 222: velut laxioribus nodis resolvemus, Quint. 9, 4, 127: amabilissimum nodum amicitiae tollere, Cic. Lael. 14, 51.—
B In partic.
1 A bond, obligation (poet.): exsolvere animum nodis religionum, Lucr. 4, 7: imponere nodos, i. e. jusjurandum, Ov. H. 20, 39 Ruhnk.—
2 A knotty point, difficulty, impediment.—Absol.: dum hic nodus expediatur non putet senatus nos oportere decedere, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 3: incideramus in difficilem nodum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 1.—With gen.: Abantem interimit, pugnae nodumque moramque, Verg. A. 10, 428: cum scopulus et nodus et mora publicae securitatis superesset Antonius, Flor. 4, 9, 1: qui juris nodos et legum aenigmata solvat (an allusion to the Gordian knot), Juv. 8, 50 (hence, Cicuta nodosus; v. nodosus).— Esp.: nodus linguae, the bond or tie of the tongue: nodum linguae rumpere, Gell. 5, 9, 2: nodos linguae solvere, Just. 13, 7, 6.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
nōdus,¹⁰ ī, m.,
1 nœud : Cic. Tim. 13 ; Virg. En. 8, 260 || [poét.] ceinture : Virg. En. 1, 320 || nœud de cheveux : Tac. G. 38 || articulation, jointure, vertèbre : Cæs. G. 6, 27, 1 ; Plin. 11, 177 ; Luc. 6, 672 || nœud des végétaux] : Liv. 1, 18, 7 ; Virg. En. 7, 507 ; Plin. 16, 158 ; Col. Arb. 3, 1 || plis, replis des reptiles] : Virg. En. 5, 279 || nœud des métaux] : Plin. 34, 136 || étoile entre les Poissons [constellation] : Cic. Arat. 34, 18 || nodi, les quatre parties du ciel où commencent les saisons : Manil. 3, 618 || nodus anni Lucr. 5, 688, nœud de l’année, point d’intersection de l’écliptique et de l’équateur [il y a en fait deux tels points, le nœud descendant et le nœud ascendant ou point vernal ; le passage de Lucrèce n’est pas assez clair pour pouvoir les distinguer]
2 [fig.] a) nœud, lien : amabilissimus nodus amicitiæ Cic. Læl. 51, le lien le plus aimable de l’amitié, cf. Or. 222 ; b) difficulté, nœud, obstacle : dum hic nodus expediatur Cic. Att. 5, 21, 3, jusqu’à ce que cette difficulté soit tranchée, cf. Cic. ad Br. 26, 5 ; pugnæ Virg. En. 10, 428, ce qui entrave la victoire || nœud, intrigue [d’une pièce] : Hor. P. 191.
Latin > German (Georges)
nōdus, ī, m. (necto), der Knoten, I) eig., meton. u. bildl.: A) eig., Cic. u. n.: artissimo nodo vinciri (Ggstz. levi nodo contineri), Plin.: Cacum corripit in nodum complexus, indem er die Hände um ihn schlang u. ihn damit gleichsam wie mit einem Knoten band, Verg.: nodus Herculis od. Herculaneus, ein (angebl. von Herkules erfundener) schwer zu lösender (ganz fester) Knoten, Plin. u. Sen.: tamquam nodus Gordius difficillimus, Amm. 14, 11, 1 (vgl. Gordium). – B) meton., was zusammengeknüpft wird, a) ein Gürtel, Verg.: n. anni, G. des Äquator, Lucr. – b) die Wulst, Haarwulst, ein Nest, eine Art Haarputz der römischen Damen, Ov. art. am. 3, 139: u. als Tracht der Germanen, Rheni nodi, Mart. 5, 37, 8. – c) nodi, ein Netz, Fischernetz, Manil. 5, 665. – C) bildl.: 1) im allg., Verbindung, Band, amabilissimus nodus (Band) amicitiae, Cic.: his igitur versibus quasi nodi apparent continuationis, quos in ambitu coniungimus, an diesen vier Versstellen stellen sich gleichsam die vier Knotenpunkte dar, die in der Periode verbunden werden (und so ein gegliedertes Ganzes bilden), Cic.: nodo quodam violentae necessitatis astrictus, Amm. – 2) insbes.: a) Fessel, Schlinge = Verbindlichkeit, Verpflichtung, nodi religionum, Lucr.: plures imponere nodos, bindende Eide, Ov. – b) Knoten = Schwierigkeit, Verwickelung, Hinder nis, in difficilem nodum incĭdere, eine schwere Aufgabe zu lösen haben, Cic.: exsolvere nodum huius erroris, den durch die Ungewißheit geschlungenen Knoten lösen, d.i. der schwer zu lösenden Ungewißheit ein Ende machen, Liv.: iuris nodos et legum aenigmata solvere, Iuven.: dum hic nodus expediatur, bis dieser Knoten gelöst (dieser schwierige Umstand beseitigt) ist, Cic. – v. Pers., Abas pugnae nodusque moraque, der Erschwerer u. Verzögerer des Sieges, Verg. Aen. 10, 428: u. so nodus et mora publicae securitatis Antonius, Flor. 4, 9, 1. – Insbes. der Knoten, die Verwicklung im Drama, Hor. de art. poët. 191. – II) übtr.: 1) am tierischen Körper: a) der Knoten am Gelenk, der Knöchel, nodi corporum, qui vocantur articuli, Plin.: corpora et nodi sinuataque terga per orbes, Manil.: crura sine nodis articulisque habere, Caes.: articulorum nodis iungi, Plin. – b) das Band der Zunge, nodum linguae rumpere, Gell. 5, 9, 2: nodos linguae solvere, Iustin. 13, 7, 6. – 2) der Knoten am Holze oder an Ästen, Pflanzen, Verg., Liv. u. Plin.: dah. poet. die knotige Keule des Herkules, Sen. poët. – Sprichw., s. scirpus: u. malo arboris nodo malus clavus aut cuneus infigendus est, auf einen groben Klotz gehört ein grober Keil, Hieron. in Matth. 3, 21 v. 24 sqq. – 3) der Knoten, d.i. die Härte oder der harte Teil einer Sache, a) der Edelsteine, Plin.: des Metalls, Plin. – b) am Körper, dieGeschwulst, Verhärtung, articulorum nodi, Gichtknoten, Plin.: nervorum nodi, Plin. – c) als astron. t. t.: α) der Knoten, ein Stern im Bilde der Fische, Cic. Arat. 17. Caes. Germ. Arat. 243. – β) Plur. nodi = die vier Knotenpunkte des Himmels, wo die vier Jahreszeiten beginnen, Manil. 3, 622.
Latin > Chinese
nodus, i. m. :: 結。骨節。木節。難。— Herculeus 難解之結。— Gordius 難解之事。— Gratiarum 相接手之三美女神。— amicitiae 朋友之合。— Veneris 媾精。Caelestis nodus 亥宫間之一星名。Vitales animae nodi 身靈之合。Nodum in scirpo quaerere 太細。求所無。吹毛求疵。