Nasamones

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Năsămōnes: um, m., = Νασαμῶνες,
I a Libyan people to the south-west of Cyrenaica, extending to the Great Syrtis, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 33; 7, 2, 2, § 14; 13, 17, 23, § 104: tota commercia mundo Naufragiis Nasamones habent (because they plundered shipwrecked persons), Luc. 9, 443.—In sing., a Nasamonian: quas (herbas) Nasamon, gens dura, legit, Luc. 9, 439; acc. Nasamona, Sil. 6, 44.—Hence,
   A Năsămōnĭăcus, a, um, adj., Nasamonian, Sil. 16, 630; cf. Ov. M. 5, 129.—
   2    Transf., in gen., African: rex, i. e. Hannibal, Stat. S. 4, 6, 75.—
   B Năsămōnĭăs, ădis, f., = Νασαμωνιάς, the Nasamonian: Nasamonias Harpe, Sil. 2, 117.—
   C Năsămōnītis, ĭdis, f., = Νασαμωνῖτις, a precious stone, otherwise unknown, Plin. 37, 10, 64, § 175.—
   D Nă-sămōnĭus, a, um, adj., Nasamonian; poet. for African: natus Nasamonii Tonantis, i. e. Alexander, because he passed for the son of Jupiter Ammon, Stat. S. 2, 7, 93: Jugurtha, Sid. Carm. 9, 257.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Năsămōnes,¹⁶ um, m. (Νασαμῶνες), peuple sauvage d’Afrique : Luc. 9, 443 ; Plin. 5, 33 || -ōnĭus, Stat. S. 2, 7, 93 et -ōnĭăcus, a, um, Sil. 16, 630 ; Ov. M. 5, 129, des Nasamons, Numide || -ōnĭăs, ădis, adj. f., Nasamonienne : Sil. 2, 117.