nŏcenter

nŏcĕo, cŭi, cĭtum, 2 ( inf. pres. pass. nocerier, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 73; gen. plur. nocentūm, Ov. P. 1, 8, 19; perf. subj. noxit: ne boa noxit, Lucil. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Fama, p. 360 Müll.; Fronto ad M. Caesarem, 3, 13 Mai.), v. n. (and a.; v. infra e) [Sanscr. root nac, disappear; Gr. nekus; cf.: neco, nex, noxa, pernic-ies], to do harm, inflict injury, do hurt to (cf.: obsum, obficio, laedo).—Constr.

Absol. or with dat.:

declinare ea, quae nocitura videantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:

arma alia ad tegendum, alia ad nocendum,

id. Caecin. 21, 60:

nihil nocet,

it does no harm, id. Att. 12, 47, 1:

nocere alteri,

id. Off. 3, 5, 23:

jurejurando accepto, nihil iis nocituros hostes,

Caes. B. C. 3, 28:

jura te nociturum non esse homini de hac re nemini,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 18.—

With a homogeneous or a general (pronominal) object: OB EAM REM NOXAM NOCVERVNT, have been guilty of a crime, from an old fetial formula, Liv. 9, 10, 9:

si uredo aut grando quippiam nocuit,

Cic. N. D. 3, 35, 86:

quid nocet haec?

Juv. 14, 153.—

In pass. (very rare), to be harmed, injured:

larix ab carie aut a tineā non nocetur,

Vitr. 2, 9 med.:

noceri eas (ciconias) omnibus quidem locis nefas ducunt, sed, etc.,

Sol. 40 fin. —

Impers. pass. (class.), an injury is done or inflicted:

ut ne cui noceatur,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31:

mihi nihil ab istis noceri potest,

id. Cat. 3, 12, 37: ut in agris vastandis [p. 1212] hostibus noceretur, Caes. B. G. 5, 19:

ipsi nihil nocitum iri,

id. ib. 5, 36:

neque diem decet me morari, neque nocti nocerier,

that injury be done to the night, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 73.—

Act. (late Lat.):

nihil illum nocuit,

Vulg. Luc. 4, 35; id. Act. 7, 26; 18, 10.—Hence, nŏcens, entis, P. a., that commits a wicked action, bad, wicked, culpable, criminal (cf.:

sons, reus): nocens et nefarius,

Cic. Off. 2, 14, 51:

homines nocentissimi,

id. Div. in Caecil. 3, 9:

nocentissima victoria,

id. Verr. 1, 14, 41:

nocentissimi mores,

Quint. 2, 15, 32: meritā caede nocentūm ( poet. for nocentium; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 35, 45), Ov. P. 1, 8, 19.—

In gen., hurtful, harmful, pernicious, baneful, injurious:

a pestiferis et nocentibus refugere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

boletus,

Juv. 6, 620.— Comp.:

edit cicutis allium nocentius,

Hor. Epod. 3, 3.—Hence, adv.: nŏcenter, hurtfully, injuriously (not ante-Aug.):

nocenter armata,

Col. 8, 2, 10:

abscessus nocenter adulescit,

Cels. 5, 28, 11; Tert. Apol. 14.