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|lshtext=<b>noxĭus</b>: a, um, adj. (<br /><b>I</b> comp. noxior, Sen. Clem. 1, 13, 2 dub.; al. obnoxior.—Sup. noxissimus or noxiissimus, Sen. Clem. 1, 26, 3 dub.; [[better]], noxiosissimus) [id.].<br /><b>I</b> Hurtful, [[harmful]], [[injurious]], [[noxious]] (used by Cic. [[only]] in archaic lang.;<br /> v. the foll.): MAGISTRATVS NECOBEDIENTEM ET NOXIVM CIVEM MVLTA COERCETO, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6 ([[araneus]]) aculeo [[noxius]], Plin. 9, 48, 72, § 155: [[afflatus]] maris (opp. utiles), id. 17, 4, 2, § 24: [[tela]], Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 22: terrae [[halitus]], Quint. 7, 2, 3: [[lingua]], Mart. 2, 61, 7: aves, [[rapacious]], id. 10, 5, 12: crimina, Verg. A. 7, 326. —<br /><b>II</b> Guilty, [[culpable]], [[criminal]]: [[dictum]] oportuit. Lys. Non [[possum]], ita instas; urges [[quasi]] pro noxio, Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 25: [[nobilitas]], Sall. J. 42: qui citati non affuerant, noxios judicavit, Liv. 39, 41: [[corda]], Ov. M. 10, 351: omnibus omnium rerum noxior, Sen. Clem. 1, 13, 2: [[reducto]] comā capite, ceu noxii solent, culprits, criminals (esp. those condemned to be thrown to [[wild]] beasts), Suet. Vit. 17; id. Calig. 27; id. Claud. 34; id. Ner. 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl.: [[Falisci]], [[eodem]] noxii crimine, Liv. 7, 20, 9. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: [[noxius]] conjurationis, Tac. A. 5, 11: facinoris, Dig. 29, 5, 3, § 12.— Esp. as subst.: noxĭa, ae, f., [[hurt]], [[harm]], [[damage]], [[injury]] ([[class]].; syn. [[noxa]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: [[noxia]], ut Serv. [[Sulpicius]] [[Rufus]] ait, [[damnum]] significat, [[apud]] poëtas [[autem]] et oratores ponitur pro culpā, at [[noxa]] [[peccatum]], aut pro peccato poenam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.: in re incipiundā ad defendendam noxiam, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 48: si ab eo [[fides]] sibi [[data]] esset, [[haud]] futurum noxiae futurum, Liv. 8, 18, 4: [[sive]] ullius eorum quos oderat [[noxia]], id. 41, 23, 14: veneficiorum [[noxia]], Plin. 21, 17, 68, § 108: vini, id. 14, 16, 19, § 100.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., an [[injurious]] [[act]], a [[fault]], [[offence]], [[trespass]]: [[noxa]] est [[corpus]], [[quod]] nocuit id est [[servus]]: [[noxia]] ipsum [[maleficium]], veluti [[furtum]], [[damnum]], [[rapina]], injuria, Just. Inst. 4, 8, 1: Tranioni remitte, [[quaeso]], hanc noxiam causā meā, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 47: manufestum [[teneo]] in noxiā, id. Merc. 4, 3, 31: noxiā carere, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 87: noxiis [[vacuum]] esse, id. Merc. 5, 4, 23: in noxiā esse, id. ib. 4, 3, 30: amicum castigare ob meritam noxiam, id. Trin. 1, 1, 1 and 4: [[quod]] in minimis noxiis et in his levioribus peccatis id [[primum]] quaeritur, quae [[causa]] maleficii fuerit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 62: si [[qua]] [[clades]] incidisset, desertori [[magis]], [[quam]] deserto noxiae [[fore]], the [[blame]] would [[fall]] on, Liv. 10, 19: metum [[prorsus]] et noxiam conscientiae pro foedere haberi, [[fear]] and [[guilt]] served the participants as an [[agreement]], i. e. brought [[them]] to an [[agreement]], Tac. A. 6, 4. —Hence, adv.: noxĭē ([[post]]-[[class]].), [[injuriously]], [[perniciously]]: multos petulca confoderat, Sulp. Sev. Dial. 2, 9; Aug. Conf. 1, 7.