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καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
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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. | |||
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Revision as of 06:59, 14 August 2017
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
