Numida
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?
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Nŭmĭda: ae, m., = Νομάς,
I a nomad: Arabia Numidarum, Vitr. 8, 3, 8 ( = Arabia Nomadum, Plin. 5, 16, 15, § 72): Numidas dicimus quos Graeci Νομάδας, sive quod id genus hominum pecoribus negotietur, sive quod herbis, ut pecora aluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.—
II In partic., a Numidian; usually in the plur., Nŭmĭ-dae, ārum, the Numidians, a people of Northern Africa, between Mauritania and the territory of Carthage, in the modern Algiers, Sall. J. 46, 3; 66, 2; 89, 7; Liv. 29, 31; 34; Verg. A. 4, 41; Hor. C. 3, 11, 47.— Enslaved and used in Rome as mounted attendants and messengers, Sen. Ep. 87, 8; 123, 6; Tac. H. 2, 40; Inscr. Orell. 2877: Numidarum columnae, i. e. of Numidian marble, Juv. 7, 182.—In gen. plur.: Numidūm gentes, Mart. 12, 26, 6.—In <number opt="n">sing.</number>: Numida, Sall. J. 12, 4.—
2 As adj., of or belonging to the Numidians, Numidian: Numidae jaculatores, Liv. 28, 11; Numidae leones, Ov. A. A. 2, 183; Numida dens, i. e. ivory, id. P. 4, 9, 28: ursos figebat Numidas, Juv. 4, 100.—
3 A Roman surname: Plotius Numida, Hor. C. 1, 36.—
B Hence,
1 Nŭmĭdĭa, ae, f., the country of Numidia, Mel. 1, 6, 1; Plin. 5, 3, 2, § 22; Sall. J. 8, 1; 13, 2; 16, 5; Col. 3, 12, 6 et saep.— Whence, Nŭmĭdĭānus, a, um, adj, Numidian, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55.—
2 Nŭmĭ-dĭcus, a, um, adj., Numidian: equi Numidici, Liv. 30, 6: scuta, Sall. J. 94, 1: cedri, Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 216: gallina, Col. 8, 2, 2; called also Numidicae aves, Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132: marmor, called also Libycum, Poenum, id. 5, 3, 2, § 22; 36, 6, 8, § 49; Sen. Ep. 86, 6: Numidicus, a surname of Q. Caecilius Metellus, bestowed on him for his victory over Jugurtha, Vell. 2, 11, 2; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 62, 1.
