nugator
Τὸ γὰρ περισσὰ πράσσειν οὐκ ἔχει νοῦν οὐδένα → There is no sense in doing things beyond the usual measure
Latin > English
nugator nugatoris N M :: one who plays the fool; teller of tall stories
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nūgātor: ōris, m. nugor,
I a jester, joker, babbler, trifler, silly person; hence, too, a braggart, a swaggerer: illic nugator nili, non nauci'st homo, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. naucus, p. 166 Müll. (Com. v. 10 Vahl.); Lucil. ap. Non. 35, 24; Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 91; 5, 2, 14: nimius, id. Capt. 2, 2, 25: vae tibi nugator! id. Mil. 4, 2, 86: non vero tam isti (lacerti), quam tu ipse nugator, Cic. Sen. 9, 27: neque in istum nugatorem, tamquam in aliquem testem, invehar, id. Fl. 16, 38; Liv. 38, 56: homo nihili et nugator, Gell. 15, 2, 2: iste nugator libellus, Aus. Idyll. 11 praef.: cessas nugator? Pers. 5, 127.—
II Perh., a debauchee, Prud. Cath. 2, 29.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
nūgātŏr,¹⁴ ōris, m. (nugor), diseur de balivernes, radoteur, niais : Pl. Capt. 275 ; Cic. CM 27 ; Gell. 15, 2, 2 || débauché : Prud. Cath. 2, 32.
Latin > German (Georges)
nūgātor, oris, m. (nugor), I) der Schwätzer, Maulheld, Aufschneider, Plaut., Cic. u.a.: attrib., iste nugator libellus, Auson. Griphus (XXVII) praef. p. 127 Schenkl. – II) ein Buhler, Prud. cath. 2, 32.
