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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).I.Lit.:B.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.1.A girdle ( poet.):2.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:3. 4.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.—A knot, knob, node on a joint of an animal's body:5.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.(α).In wood or the branches of plants:(β).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:(γ).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.):6.in scirpo nodum quaeris,
Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 22; Ter. And. 5, 4, 38.—A knot, hard part of a thing;7.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.—8.In astron.:II.nodi,
the four points in the heavens where the seasons begin, the nodes, Manil. 3, 618; cf. id. 2, 430.—Trop.A.In gen., a band, bond:B.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.1.A bond, obligation ( poet.):2.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.
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