Numida

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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 sing.: 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Nŭmĭda,¹² æ, m., un des officiers d’Auguste : Hor. O. 1, 6, 3 || v. Numidæ.

Latin > German (Georges)

Numida, ae, m. (v. nomas, νομάς), I) der Nomade, Arabia Numidarum, Vitr. 8, 3, 8 codd. (Rose Nomadum), wofür Arabia Nomadum b. Plin. 5, 72. – II) prägn., der Numidier, Sall. Iug. 12, 4: Plur. Numidae = die Numidier, Sall. Iug. 22. Verg. Aen. 4, 41: in Rom als Vorreiter u. reitende Boten (wie in Konstantinopel jetzt die Tataren) gebraucht, s. Sen. ep. 87, 9; 123, 7. Tac. hist. 2, 40 (u. dazu Lipsius). – attrib. = in (aus) Numidien, numidisch, leo, Ov.: dens, Elfenbein, Ov.: eques, equites, Liv.: iaculatores, Liv. – Dav. abgel. Numidia, ae, f., Numidien, eine Landschaft in Afrika am Mittelländischen Meere zwischen Mauritanien u. dem karthagischen Gebiete, Mela u. Plin. – Dav.: a) Numidiānus, a, um, numidianisch, Plin. – b) Numidicus, a, um, numidisch, equi, Liv.: aves Numidicae, Plin., od. bl. Numidicae, Suet. u. Mart., wahrsch. unsere »Perlhühner« (vgl. Africanae gallinae unter Afri Bd. 1. S. 239): u. so gallina Numidica, Publil. com. fr.: marmor, Plin.: crustae, aus numid. Marmor, Sen. – als Beiname, Q. Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, wegen Überwindung des numidischen Königs Jugurtha, Cic. – c) Numidus, a, um, numidisch, pullus, junges Perlhuhn, Apic. 6, 242.