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|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. | |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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|gf=<b>nūgæ</b>,¹⁰ ārum, f., bagatelles, riens, sornettes, balivernes : Cic. Div. 2, 30 ; [[nugas]] ! Pl. Pers. 718, bagatelles ! chansons ! || 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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Revision as of 06:41, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nūgae: ārum, f. etym. dub.; old form naugae; cf.: naucum, nux,
I jokes, jests, idle speeches, trifles, trumpery, nonsense (syn. ineptiae).
I 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. —
II 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
nūgæ,¹⁰ ārum, f., bagatelles, riens, sornettes, balivernes : Cic. Div. 2, 30 ; nugas ! Pl. Pers. 718, bagatelles ! chansons !
