bacŭlum sine nodo L

baculum, ī, n. u. (spätere Form) baculus, ī, m. (verwandt mit βάκτρον, von βάω, βάζω, gehen), der Stab, Stock (eig. als Stütze beim Gehen, dann auch = scipio, ein Stab zur Zierde, u. = fustis, ein Stock zum Schlagen), bacula valida, Cels.: summa papaverum capita baculo decutere, Liv.: baculum, quo angui rana excussa sit, parturientes adiuvat, Plin. – als Hirtenstab, baculi cuspis, Plin.: baculum pastorale, Sil.: pastor baculo innixus, Ov. – als Augurstab (lituus), augur dextrā manu baculum sine nodo aduncum tenens, Liv. – als Szepter, ipse veste purpureā argenteoque baculo et regium in morem fronte redimitā, Flor.: u. der Bühnenkönige, elapsum baculum cito resumere, Suet. – als Stütze beim Gehen, baculum aureum inclusum corneo, Liv.: baculum sambuceum, Flor.: innitens baculo, Sen. rhet. u. Ov.: innixa baculo senectus, Sen.: dah. als Attribut der zynischen Philosophen, pera et baculum, Apul., pera, baculus, Auson.: hunc novi cum baculo peraque senem, Mart. – als Stütze, Krücke für Fußkranke, minus baculo eget crus, Cels.: für Blinde, caecorum baculum fuit (bildl. v. einer Pers.), Hier. ep. 60, 10. – zum Dreschen, baculis excutere (ausdreschen) spicas, Col. – als Riegel, durch einen Kloben zu stecken, Vitr. – ⇒ Form baculum, zB. Cels. 8, 10, 2. § 4. Plin. 30, 129. Flor. 4, 5, 3. Ov. met. 2, 681 u.

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15, 655. Plur. Cels. 8, 20. § 16: Form baculus, zB. Auson. epigr. 49, 1. p. 209 Schenkl. Vulg. genes. 38, 18 u. ö. Ambros. de Tob. 5 extr.; vgl. Prob. append. (IV) 197, 22. u. Caper (VIII) 108, 7.

1) узел (nodum conectere C, solvere H)

2) петля ( cervīces nodo condere Pt)

3) объятие ( aliquem in nodum complecti V)

4) пояс (sinum nodo colligere V, QC)

5) волосяной валик ( для женской прически)

6) узловатый сустав ( crura sine nodis Cs)

7) шишка, бугорок, узловатость ( bacŭlum sine nodo L); затвердение, желвак ( articulorum nodi PM)

8) поэт. суковатая палица ( Herculis SenT)

9) клуб(ок), извив (n. viperinus H)

10) связь ( continuationis C); узы ( amicitiae C); оковы ( leti St); pl. путы ( nodi religionum Lcr); pl. рыболовная сеть ( luctantur corpora — sc. piscium — nodis Man); скованность

11) обязанность, обязательство, клятва ( nodos imponere O)

12) трудность, осложнение, препятствие, помеха ( in difficĭlem nodum incĭdĕre C)

13) затяжка, промедление ( pugnae nodusque moraque V)

14) завязка (в драматургическом произведении) H

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nōdus, i, m. [for gnodus; Sanscr. root gadh-, gandh-, grasp; cf. Gr. Chandanô, hold; gnathos, jaw; Lat. pre-hend-o; Germ. Knoten; Engl. knot], a knot (cf. nexus).

Lit.:

nodus vinculumque,

Cic. Univ. 4: necte tribus nodis ternos, Amarylli, colores, Verg. E. 8, 77:

Cacum Corripit in nodum complexus,

clasping him as in a knot, id. A. 8, 260:

nodos manu diducere,

Ov. M. 2, 560:

nodus Herculis or Herculaneus,

a knot difficult to untie, of which Hercules was held to be the inventor, Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 63:

unus tibi nodus, sed Herculaneus, restat,

Sen. Ep. 87, 38:

tamquam nodus Gordius difficillimus,

Amm. 14, 11, 1: cingulum (novae nuptae) Herculaneo nodo vinctum vir solvit ominis gratia, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. cingulo, p. 63 Müll.—

Transf.

A girdle ( poet.):

nodoque sinus collecta fluentes,

Verg. A. 1, 320; Mart. 6, 13, 5.—

Hence, astronom.: nodus anni,

the circle of the equator, Lucr. 5, 688.—

A mode of dressing the hair, a knot, club:

Rheni nodos,

the hair of the Germans gathered into a club, Mart. 5, 37, 8; cf.:

insigne gentis obliquare crinem nodoque substringere,

Tac. G. 38.—

Plur.:

nodi,

a knotted fishing-net, Manil. 5, 664.—

A knot, knob, node on a joint of an animal's body:

crura sine nodis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 27:

cervix articulorum nodis jungitur,

Plin. 11, 37, 67, § 177; 11, 37, 88, § 217:

dirae nodus hyaenae,

a backbone, dorsal vertebra, Luc. 6, 672.—

Hence, nodi articulorum,

a swelling, tumor on the joints, Plin. 24, 5, 13, § 21; 30, 12, 36, § 110.—

A knot, knob, fold, etc.

In wood or the branches of plants:

baculum sine nodo aduncum tenens,

Liv. 1, 18, 7; Sen. Ben. 7, 9:

stipes gravidus nodis,

Verg. A. 7, 507:

telum solidum nodis,

id. ib. 11, 553:

gracilitas harundinis, distincta nodis,

Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158; Col. Arb. 3.—Hence, the knotty club of Hercules, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1661.—

Of a writhing serpent:

nixantem nodis seque in sua membra plicantem,

Verg. A. 5, 279.—

Prov.: nodum in scirpo quaerere, to look for knots in a bulrush (which contains none), i. e. to find difficulties where there are none, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Sat. v. 46 Vahl.):

in scirpo nodum quaeris,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 22; Ter. And. 5, 4, 38.—

A knot, hard part of a thing;

so of metals,

Plin. 34, 13, 37, § 136;

of precious stones,

id. 37, 10, 55, § 150.—

A star in the constellation Pisces, Cic. Arat. 14; Caes. Germ. Arat. 243.—

In astron.:

nodi,

the four points in the heavens where the seasons begin, the nodes, Manil. 3, 618; cf. id. 2, 430.—

Trop.

In gen., a band, bond:

his igitur singulis versibus quasi nodi apparent continuationis,

Cic. Or. 66, 222:

velut laxioribus nodis resolvemus,

Quint. 9, 4, 127:

amabilissimum nodum amicitiae tollere,

Cic. Lael. 14, 51.—

In partic.

A bond, obligation ( poet.):

exsolvere animum nodis religionum,

Lucr. 4, 7:

imponere nodos, i. e. jusjurandum,

Ov. H. 20, 39 Ruhnk.—

A knotty point, difficulty, impediment.— Absol.:

dum hic nodus expediatur non putet senatus nos oportere decedere,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 3: incideramus in difficilem nodum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 1.—With gen.:

Abantem interimit, pugnae nodumque moramque,

Verg. A. 10, 428:

cum scopulus et nodus et mora publicae securitatis superesset Antonius,

Flor. 4, 9, 1:

qui juris nodos et legum aenigmata solvat (an allusion to the Gordian knot),

Juv. 8, 50 (hence, Cicuta nodosus; v. nodosus).— Esp.: nodus linguae, the bond or tie of the tongue:

nodum linguae rumpere,

Gell. 5, 9, 2:

nodos linguae solvere,

Just. 13, 7, 6.

lĭtŭus, i ( gen. plur. lituum, Luc. 1, 237; Val. Fl. 6, 166; Sil. 13, 146), m. [prob. Etruscan; prim. signif. crooked].

Lit.

The crooked staff borne by the augurs, an augur's crook or crosier, augural wand:

dextra manu baculum sine nodo aduncum tenens, quem lituum appellaverunt,

Liv. 1, 18, 7; cf.:

lituus iste vester, quod clarissimum est insigne auguratus,

Cic. Div. 1, 17. [p. 1073] 30;

Geh. 5, 7, 8: Quirinalis,

Verg. A. 7, 187:

lituo pulcher trabeaque Quirinus,

Ov. F. 6, 375.—

A crooked wind-instrument (used to give signals in war), a curved trumpet, cornet, clarion: lituus sonitus effudit acutos, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll. (Ann. v. 522 Vahl.); Verg. A. 6, 167:

jam lituus pugnae signa daturus erat,

Ov. F. 3, 216:

lituo tubae Permixtus sonitus,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 23:

stridor lituum clangorque tubarum,

Luc. 1, 237:

cornua cum lituis audita,

Juv. 14, 200.—

Transf., a signal: de lituis, boôpidos, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2.—

Trop., an instigator, author:

lituus meae profectionis,

Cic. Att. 11, 12, 1.