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1 flexipēs
flexipēs pedis, adj. [1 flexus+pes], with crooked feet: hederae, clasping, O.* * *(gen.), flexipedis ADJcrooked-footed, twining -
2 (nexus)
(nexus) — (only abl sing. and plur., and nom plur.), m [2 NEC-], a binding together, fastening, joining, interlacing, entwining, clasping: medii nexūs (anguis) Solvuntur, coils, V.: serpens, baculum qui nexibus ambit, O.— The state of a debtor under bonds, a personal obligation, assignment of the person for debt, slavery for debt: se nexu obligare.—Fig., a linking, interweaving: causarum latentium, Cu. -
3 nōdus
nōdus ī, m [see HED-], a knot: nodus vinculumque: Necte tribus nodis ternos colores, V.: Cacum Conripit in nodum complexus, clasping him as in a knot, V.: nodos manu diducere, O.: crinem nodo substringere, Ta.: crura sine nodis, Cs.: baculum sine nodo, L.: telum solidum nodis, V.: nodoque sinūs conlecta fluentes, V.— Prov.: nodum in scirpo quaeris, look for a knot in a bulrush, i. e. make difficulties, T.—In a plant, a joint, eye: in ipso Fit nodo sinus, V.— A star in the constellation Pisces, C.—Fig., a band, bond: his igitur singulis versibus quasi nodi apparent continuationis: amicitiae.— A bond, obligation: imponere nodos (i. e. ius iurandum), O.— A knotty point, difficulty, impediment: dum hic nodus expediatur: huius erroris, L.: nisi dignus vindice nodus Intersit, crisis, H.: Abas pugnae nodusque moraque, V.: iuris, Iu.* * *knot; node -
4 tālāris
tālāris e, adj. [talus], of the ankles, reaching the ankles: tunica: tunicae, long.—Plur. n. as subst, winged shoes clasping the ankles, sandals with wings: pedibus talaria nectit Aurea (Mercurius), V., O.: cui (Minervae) pinnarum talaria adfigunt. —Prov.: talaria videamus, i. e. let us take flight. —A long robe, dress falling to the ankles, O.* * *talaris, talare ADJof the ankle/heel; reaching/stretching to the ankles -
5 deplexus
deplexa, deplexum ADJclasping; grasping -
6 deplexus
dē-plexus, a, um, adj. [plector], clasping, grasping any thing, Lucr. 5, 1321. -
7 flexipes
flexĭ-pes, pĕdis, adj. [flexus, from flecto], with crooked feet:hederae,
clinging, clasping, Ov. M. 10, 99; cf. Serv. Verg. E. 4, 19. -
8 nexus
1.nexus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from necto.2.nexus, ūs, m. [necto], a tying or binding together, a fastening, joining, an interlacing, entwining, clasping.I.Lit. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):II.et jam contulerant arto luctantia nexu Pectora pectoribus,
Ov. M. 6, 242; cf.:bracchiorum nexibus elidere aliquem (of a wrestler),
Suet. Ner. 53:serpens, baculum qui nexibus ambit,
coils, folds, Ov. M. 15, 659; cf. Plin. 8, 11, 11, § 32; Tac. A. 4, 62:salix solido ligat nexu,
Plin. 16, 37, 69, § 177.—Transf. (with the collat. form nexum, i; v. in the foll.), the state or condition of a nexus (v. necto, I. B.), a personal obligation, an addiction or voluntary assignment of the person for debt, slavery for debt: nexum Manilius scribit, omne, quod per libram et aes geritur, in quo sint mancipia. Mutius, quae per aes et libram fiant, ut obligentur, praeter quae mancipio dentur. Hoc verius esse, ipsum verbum ostendit, de quo quaeritur;B.nam idem quod obligatur per libram neque suum fit, inde nexum dictum. Liber qui suas operas in servitutem pro pecuniā quādam debebat, dum solveret, nexus vocatur, ut ab aere obaeratus,
Varr. L. L. 7, § 105 Müll.:abalienatio est ejus rei, quae mancipi est, aut traditio alteri nexu, aut in jure cessio,
Cic. Top. 5, 28:QVOM NEXVM FACIET, etc., Lex XII. Tab.: qui se nexu obligavit,
Cic. Mur. 2, 3:nexum inire,
Liv. 7, 19:nec civili nexu sed communi lege naturae,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26 Mos. (B. and K., nexo):Attici proprium te esse scribis mancipio et nexo,
id. Fam. 7, 30, 2:cum sunt propter unius libidinem omnia nexa civium liberata nectierque postea desitum,
id. Rep. 2, 34, 59:ut non sustulerit horum nexa atque hereditates,
id. Caecin. 35, 102.—In gen., a legal obligation of any kind:* 2.acceptilatio est liberatio per mutuam interrogationem, quā utriusque contigit ab eodem nexu absolutio,
Dig. 46, 4, 1:partem hereditatis a nexu pignoris liberam consequi,
ib. 10, 2, 33.—Trop.:legis (= vincula, nodi),
obligations, restraints, Tac. A. 3, 28 fin.;v. Orell. ad h. l.: nexus naturalium causarum,
id. ib. 6, 22:causarum latentium,
Curt. 5, 11, 10. -
9 nodus
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. -
10 obstrictus
1.obstrictus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from obstringo.2.obstrictus, ūs, m. [obstringo], a binding, clasping:accendat flammam ipso obstrictu (al. affrictu),
Sen. Q. N. 5, 14, 4. -
11 pecten
pecten, ĭnis, m. [pecto], a comb.I.Prop., for the hair, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 18; Ov. Am. 1, 14, 15:II.deducit pectine crines,
id. M. 4, 311; 12, 409; Petr. 126; Spart. Hadr. 26.—Transf., of things resembling a comb.A.The reed or sley of a weaver's loom:2. B.arguto tenues percurrens pectine telas,
Verg. A. 7, 14; Ov. F. 3, 819; cf. id. M. 6, 58; Varr. L. L. 5, 23, § 113.—An instrument for heckling flax or combing wool, a comb, card, heckle, Juv. 9, 30; Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77; Claud. Eutr. 2, 382.—C.A rake:D.tonsam raro pectine verrit humum,
Ov. R. Am. 191; Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 297; Col. 2, 20.—A clasping of the hands in distress, Ov. M. 9, 299.—Of the mingling of the oars of two vessels:E.mixtis obliquo pectine remis,
Luc. 3, 609 dub. (al. pectore).—Pecten dentium, a row of teeth, Prud. steph. 10, 934.—F. G.The hair of the pubes, Juv. 6, 370; Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 26.—Also, the sharebone, Cels. 8, 1.—H.A kind of dance:K.Amazonius,
Stat. Achill. 2, 156.—An instrument with which the strings of the lyre were struck:2.jamque eadem digitis, jam pectine pulsat eburno,
Verg. A. 6, 647 Serv.; Juv. 6, 382.—Transf.a.A lyre, Val. Fl. 3, 159.—b. L.A kind of shell-fish, a scallop:M.pectinibus patulis jactat se molle Tarentum,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 34; Plin. 9, 33, 51, § 101; 9, 51, 74, § 160; 11, 37, 52, § 139; 11, 51, 112, § 267; 32, 11, 53, § 150.—
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