nugatorius
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
Latin > English
nugatorius nugatoria, nugatorium ADJ :: trifling, worthless, futile, paltry
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nūgātōrĭus: a, um, adj. nugator,
I trifling, worthless, useless, futile, nugatory: nugatoriae artes, i. e. lies, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 2: boves Ligustici, worthless, useless, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 9; so, unguentum, id. L. L. 7, § 64 Müll.: ad probandum res infirma nugatoriaque, Cic. Caecin. 23, 64: illud valde leve est ac nugatorium, id. Fam. 11, 2, 3: in malā nugatoriāque accusatione, id. Rosc. Am. 15, 42: genus argumentationis, not to the point, Auct. Her. 2, 20, 31: genus deorum, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 27.—As subst.: nū-gātōrĭus, ii, m., a worthless fellow, nugatorium vocant, Sen. Ep. 36, 2.—Hence, adv.: nūgātōrĭē, triflingly, frivolously: tenuiter et nugatorie respondere, Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
nūgātōrĭus,¹⁴ a, um (nugator), futile, vain, léger, sans valeur : Varro L. 7, 64 ; Cic. Cæc. 64 || puéril [en parl. d’un exorde] : Cic. de Or. 2, 315 || homme futile : Sen. Ep. 36, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
nūgātōrius (altlat. naugātōrius), a, um (nugator), läppisch, wertlos, gehaltlos, ungereimt, nichtig, unnütz, boves, Varro: unguentum, Varro LL.: artes, Plaut.: argumentationis genus, Cornif. rhet.: opinio, Augustin.: cantica, Augustin.: mala nugatoriaque accusatio, Cic.: illud valde leve est ac nugatorium, Cic. – v. Pers., nugatorium et inertem vocant, Sen. ep. 36, 2. – plur. neutr. subst., nugatoria iniquitatis, Augustin. serm. 9, 8: u. bl. nugatoria, ibid. 32, 2.
