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|lshtext=<b>nanciscor</b>: [[nactus]] and [[nanctus]] (cf. Mai. ad Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 16; Drak. ad Liv. 24, 31; 25, 30;<br /><b>I</b> inf. nanciscier, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 59), 3, v. dep. a. [Sanscr. naç, [[obtain]]; Gr. ἐνεκ-> in [[ἤνεγκα]]>, etc.; cf.: [[ἀνάγκη]]>, [[necesse]] (in [[pass]]. signif, [[nactus]],<br /> v. [[infra]] fin.), to [[get]], [[obtain]], [[receive]] a [[thing]] (esp. by [[accident]] or [[without]] one's co-[[operation]]), to [[meet]] [[with]], [[stumble]] on, [[light]] on, [[find]] a [[thing]] (syn.: [[offendo]], [[reperio]], [[deprehendo]]): [[unde]] anulum istum [[nactus]]? Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 27: [[quoniam]] nacti te, inquit, sumus [[aliquando]] otiosum, Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 14: [[nactus]] [[sum]] [[etiam]], qui Xenophontis similem esse se cuperet, id. Or. 9, 32: cum [[plus]] otii [[nactus]] ero, id. Fam. 3, 7, 1; id. N D. 3, 36, 87: immanes beluas nanciscimur venando, id. ib. 2, 64, 161; id. Fam. 13, 7, 4: eum Philolai commentarios esse nanctum, id. Rep. 1, 10, 16 Mai.: [[Cato]] sic abiit a vitā, ut causam moriendi nactum se esse gauderet, id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74: se in silvas abdiderunt, locum nacti, [[egregie]] et naturā et opere munitum, Caes. B. G. 5, 9; [[hence]], to [[possess]] by [[birth]], to [[have]] by [[nature]]: maleficam (naturam) [[nactus]] est in corpore fingendo, Nep Ages. 8; of [[evil]] as [[well]] as [[good]] [[fortune]]: [[quod]] sim [[nactus]] mali, Ter. And. 5, 6, 3: ex nuptiis tuis si [[nihil]] [[nanciscor]] mali, id. Phorm. 3, 3, 10.—Esp., to [[catch]], [[contract]] by [[infection]] or [[contagion]]: [[nactus]] est morbum, Nep. Att. 21, 2: febrim, to [[contract]] or [[catch]] a [[fever]], Suet. Tit. 10: milvo est quoddam [[bellum]] [[quasi]] naturale cum corvo, [[ergo]] [[alter]] alterius [[ubicumque]] [[nactus]] est ova, frangit, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf., to [[light]] [[upon]], [[meet]] [[with]], [[reach]], [[find]]; of inanim. things or [[living]] beings: [[meum]] [[quod]] [[rete]] et hami nacti sunt, [[meum]] potissimum est, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 46: [[vitis]] claviculis suis [[quicquid]] est [[nacta]], complectitur, Cic. Sen. 15, 52: [[nactus]] idoneam ad navigandum tempestatem, Caes. B. G. 4, 23: nactusque silentia ruris Exululat, having reached the [[quiet]] [[country]], Ov. M. 1, 232: [[nactus]], as [[passive]], App. M. 7, 15; Hyg. Fab. 1 and 8.