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the hair of the Germans gathered into a club

  • 1 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.:

    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    Plur.:

    nodi,

    a knotted fishing-net, Manil. 5, 664.—
    4.
    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.—
    5.
    A knot, knob, fold, etc.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    Of a writhing serpent:

    nixantem nodis seque in sua membra plicantem,

    Verg. A. 5, 279.—
    (γ).
    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.—
    6.
    A knot, hard part of a thing;

    so of metals,

    Plin. 34, 13, 37, § 136;

    of precious stones,

    id. 37, 10, 55, § 150.—
    7.
    A star in the constellation Pisces, Cic. Arat. 14; Caes. Germ. Arat. 243.—
    8.
    In astron.:

    nodi,

    the four points in the heavens where the seasons begin, the nodes, Manil. 3, 618; cf. id. 2, 430.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A bond, obligation ( poet.):

    exsolvere animum nodis religionum,

    Lucr. 4, 7:

    imponere nodos, i. e. jusjurandum,

    Ov. H. 20, 39 Ruhnk.—
    2.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > nodus

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