nux
ὦ πολλῶν ἤδη λοπάδων τοὺς ἄμβωνας περιλείξας → you who have licked the labia of many vaginas (Eupolis fr. 52)
Latin > English
nux nucis N F :: nut
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 || 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.
Latin > German (Georges)
nux, nucis, Genet. Plur. nucum, f. (ahd. [h]nuz), I) die Nuß, sowohl welsche als Haselnuß, A) eig., Liv. u.a.: abellana, Plin. u. Edict. Diocl.: iuglans, Plin.: escaria, Marc. Emp.: nux longa, quae vocatur Albana, Priap. – als Spielzeug der Kinder, pueri, qui tam parentibus amissis flebunt quam nucibus, Sen. – Sprichw., nuces relinquere, die Kinderschuhe ablegen, Pers. 1, 10: nux cassa, eine taube Nuß = wertlose Kleinigkeit, Plaut. Pseud. 371. Hor. sat. 2, 5, 36: so auch vitiosa nux, Plaut. mil. 316. – B) übtr.: jede mit einer harten Schale bedeckte Obstfrucht, castaneae nuces, Verg.: amara nux, bittere Mandel, Cels. – II) der Nußbaum, Verg. u. Liv.
