naevus
Μή μοι γένοιθ', ἃ βούλομ', ἀλλ' ἃ συμφέρει → Ne sit mihi, quod cupio, sed quod expedit → nicht was ich will, geschehe mir, doch was mir nützt
Latin > English
naevus naevi N M :: mole (on the body); birthmark
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
naevus: i, m. for gnaevus, root gna-, gen-, of genus, gnatus, a mark born with one; cf.: natus, natura, etc.,
I a mole or wart on the body.
I Lit.: naevus in articulo pueri... est corporis macula naevus, Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79: egregio inspersos reprehendas corpore naevos, Hor. S. 1, 6, 67: nullus in egregio corpore naevus erit, Ov. Tr. 5, 13, 14; Plin. 22, 25, 67, § 137; 28, 4, 6, § 34.—
II Trop., a spot, blemish, fault (late Lat.): naevi instar est, ut frater meus, etc., Symm. 3, 34 dub.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
nævus,¹⁵ ī, m., tache sur le corps, signe naturel, envie, verrue : Cic. Nat. 1, 79 ; Hor. S. 1, 6, 67 ; Plin. 22, 137 || tache, déshonneur : Symm. Ep. 3, 34.
Latin > German (Georges)
naevus, ī, m. (aus *gnaevos zu gigno), das Mal, Muttermal, der angeborene Fleck, naevus in articulo pueri, Cic.: pulcherrimorum corporum naevi aut verrucae, Sen.: aiebat interim decentiorem faciem esse, in qua aliquis naevus esset, Sen. rhet.: inspersi corpore naevi, Hor.: nullus in egregio corpore naevus erit, Ov. – bildl., der Fleck, Makel = Fehler, Symm. epist. 3, 34. Ambros. de off. 1, 18, 74 u. 1, 22, 100. Cassiod. in psalm. 33, 20.
