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  • 1 campe

    caterpillar; (pure Latin eruca); turning/writhing, evasion

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  • 2 campe

    campē (Col. poët. 10, 324; 10, 366), ēs (the Lat. form of the nom. campa is not used), f., = kampê.
    * I.
    A turning, writhing:

    campas dicere,

    to seek evasions, Plaut. Truc. 5, 50.—
    II.
    A caterpillar, pure Lat. eruca, Col. l. l. (cf. id. 11, 3, 63, kampai); Pall. 1, 35, 6 and 13.

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  • 3 distortio

    distortĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a distorting, writhing, contortion:

    membrorum,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 29; cf. id. Fin. 5, 12, 35:

    oris,

    Cels. 4, 2, 2.

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  • 4 mordeo

    mordĕo, mŏmordi (archaic memordi; v. in the foll.), morsum, 2, v. a. [root smard-; Sanscr. mard-, bite; Gr. smerdnos, smerdaleos; (cf. Engl. smart)], to bite, to bite into (class.).
    I.
    Lit.: si me canis memorderit, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 9, 3 (Sat. v. 36 Vahl.):

    canes mordere possunt,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 57:

    mordens pulex,

    biting, Mart. 14, 83:

    (serpens) fixum hastile momordit,

    bit into, Ov. M. 3, 68:

    mordeat ante aliquis quidquid, etc.,

    taste, Juv. 6, 632: terram, to bite the ground, bite the dust, of expiring warriors writhing on the ground:

    procubuit moriens et humum semel ore momordit,

    Verg. A. 11, 418; Ov. M. 9, 61.—Part. as subst.:

    morsi a rabioso cane,

    Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 100:

    laneaque aridulis haerebant morsa labellis,

    Cat. 64, 316.—
    2.
    In partic., to eat, devour, consume ( poet.):

    tunicatum cum sale mordens Caepe,

    Pers. 4, 30:

    ostrea,

    Juv. 6, 305:

    sordes farris mordere canini,

    id. 5, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To bite into, take fast hold of, catch fast; to press or cut into ( poet.):

    laterum juncturas fibula mordet,

    takes hold of, clasps, Verg. A. 12, 274:

    mordebat fibula vestem,

    Ov. M. 8, 318:

    id quod a lino mordetur,

    where the thread presses in, Cels. 7, 4, 4:

    locus (corporis), qui mucronem (teli) momordit,

    id. 7, 5, 4:

    arbor mordet humum,

    takes hold of the ground, is rooted in the ground, Stat. Th. 9, 499.—Hence, poet., of a river: non rura quae Liris quieta Mordet aqua, cuts or penetrates into, Hor. C. 1, 31, 7.—
    2.
    To nip, bite, sting:

    matutina parum cautos jam frigora mordent,

    nips, attacks, Hor. S. 2, 6, 45: oleamque momorderit [p. 1165] aestus, id. Ep. 1, 8, 5:

    mordeat et tenerum fortior aura nemus,

    Mart. 8, 14, 2:

    radix gustu acri mordet,

    bites, hurts, Plin. 27, 13, 109, § 133:

    linguam,

    id. 29, 2, 9, § 34:

    oculos,

    id. 21, 6, 17, § 32:

    urtica foliis non mordentibus,

    stinging, burning, id. 22, 14, 16, § 37.—
    II.
    Trop., to bite, sting, pain, hurt (syn.: pungo, stimulo, remordeo;

    class.): invidere omnes mihi, Mordere clanculum,

    bit, stung, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 21:

    morderi dictis,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 25:

    jocus mordens,

    a biting jest, Juv. 9, 10:

    mordear opprobriis falsis,

    shall I be stung, vexed, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 38:

    par pari referto, quod eam mordeat,

    to vex, mortify, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 55:

    valde me momorderunt epistolae tuae,

    Cic. Att. 13, 12, 1:

    scribis, morderi te interdum, quod non simul sis,

    that it grieves you, affects you, id. ib. 6, 2, 8:

    dolore occulto morderi,

    to be attacked, tormented, Ov. M. 2, 806:

    nec qui detrectat praesentia, Livor iniquo Ullum de nostris dente momordit opus,

    detracted, id. Tr. 4, 10, 124; cf. id. P. 4, 14, 46:

    morderi conscientiā,

    to feel the sting of conscience, Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45:

    hunc mordebit objurgatio,

    Quint. 1, 3, 7.—
    B.
    To seize fast, hold firmly in the mind (cf. mordicus, II.):

    hoc tene, hoc morde,

    Sen. Ep. 78, 29. —
    C.
    To squander, dissipate: de integro patrimonio meo centum milia nummūm memordi, Laber. ap. Gell. 6, 9, 3 (Com. Rel. v. 50 Rib.).

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  • 5 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.

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  • 6 obtortio

    obtortĭo, ōnis, f. [obtorqueo], a twisting, writhing, distortion:

    valgia sunt labellorum obtortiones,

    Fulg. Prisc. Serm. p. 565, 33.

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