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tnJlicL. Or in a passlv. Cic. Neces civi- 
um. Pandect. In necem alicujus, to the 
prejudice of any one. -IT Also, a nat¬ 
ural death.. Sucton. Post necem consu- 
lis. Senec. Sensus necis. 
KeXIBILIS (necto), e, adj. knit, bound to- 
3 gether. Lactant. 
NSXILIS (Id.), e, adj. knit, tied, wreathed, 
3 or bound together, ttXcktoc;. Lucret. Nexi- 
lis ante fuit vestis, quam textile tegmen. 
Odd. Nexilibus flores hederis habet in- 
tertextos. 
N£XI8 (Id.), onis, f. a knitting together, 
3 binding. Arnob. 
NeX 5 (frequentat. from necto), as, a. 1. 
3 to bind, connect, interlace, intwine, irpos- 
avanXcKto. Lucret. Pars etiam bre- 
vibus spatiis nexantur ab ictu. Virg. 
Nexantem nodis, seque in sua membra 
plicantein. 
NeXUM (necto), i, n. the same as JVezus. 
Cic. Nexa atque hereditates. 
NkXOS. See Necto. 
NeXOS (necto), us, m. a tying, binding, 
linking, knitting, twining, fastening, or 
joining together, connecting; a tic, band, 
fold, TrXuKij, ovpnkoKri. Tacit. Neque 
firmis nexibus ligneam compagem su- 
perstruxit. Plin. Salix solido ligat 
nexu. Ovid. Serpens, baculum nexibus 
ambit, twines around. Plin. Nexu nodi. 
Sucton. Erachiorum nexibus aliquem 
elidere.— Figur. a binding. Tacit. Legis 
nexus. -If Also, figur. Nexus, and 
Nexum, a legal obligation, by which one 
has a right to a thing, without being put 
in actual possession of it, as by mortgage, 
pawning, &cc. Cic. Obligare se nexu. 
l d. Jure mancipi, jure nexi. Liv. Ino- 
pes nexum inibant, h. e. the poor debtors 
surrendered their persons to their cred¬ 
itors. Id. Ob res alienum in nexum se 
dare. Id. Nexu vincti, debtors reduced 
to slavery. — Hence, also, figur. Cic. At- 
tici proprium te esse scribis mancipio 
et nexu. 
NI (nisi by apocope), if not, unless, d ui j. 
Tcrent. Mirum, ni domi est, it is a great 
chance but he is at home. Cic. Moriar, 
ni puto. Nasv. ap. Cic. Mirum, ni can- 
tem: condemnatus sum. Id. Quod 
ni ita se haberet. — It is especially used 
in legal forms of bail, &c. Cic. Spon- 
sionem fecisset, ni vir bonus esset. Lin. 
Sic se judicem illi ferre, ni vindicias 
dederit. — When it is repeated we find 
nive. Plaut. Ni dolo malo nive etiam, 
&c. Hence, Cic. Turn illud, quod dici- 
tur, sive, nive, irrident.- If Also, 
lest, not. Propert. Ni nos divideret. 
Cic. Quid ni ? why not ?-IT Also, but. 
Jimmian. 
NICASa, ®,,f. a, town of Bithynia, now Is- 
ilife, or Nice. It was also called Nicea. 
— Hence, Nlcsenses, or NIcenses, ium, 
the inhabitants of Nice. Cic. and Plin. 
-IT Also, a town of Locris. Liv. - 
If Also, a town of Liguria, now Nizza. 
Plin. -IT Also, a town in India. Curt. 
NICfiRoS, otis, m. a perfumer in Rome. 
Martial. — Hence, Nicerotlanus, a, um, 
adj. ofNiceros. Id. Nimbis ebria Nice- 
rotianis.-IT Also, a painter. Plin 
NICeTeRIA ( viKririipta ), orum, n. a rc- 
3 ward for victory, prize. Juvenal. Rusti- 
cus fert niceteria collo. 
NI05 (unc.), is, ci, ctum, a. 3. to beckon , 
3 make a sign. Plaut. Emoriere ocius, si 
manu niceris. 
NIC5MeDeS, is, m. a Icing of Bithynia. 
Cic. 
NIC8Mf.DIX, *, f. NiKopritida, the chief 
town of Bithynia. -T! Hence, Nlco- 
medenses, ium, the inhabitants of Nico- 
media. Plin. 
NIC5P5LIS, is, f. the name of several 
towns in Thrace, Bithynia, &c. - 
If Hence, Nlcopolit&nus, a, um, adj. of 
Nicopolis. Plin. 
NICTaTIS (nicto), onis, f. a winking or 
2 twinkling with the eyes. Plin. 
NICT5 (nico), as, avi, atum, n. 1. and 
2 NICT5R, aris, atus sum, dep. 1. to wink 
or twinkle with, the eyes, blink, nictate, 
cKaphapxtTTOi. Plin. Plerisque natura- 
le, ut nictari non cessent.-If Also, 
to make signs with the eyes, wink at. 
Plaut. Neque ilia ulli homini nutet, nic- 
tet, adnuat.-U Also, to make effort, 
exert one’s self, strive. Lucret. Nic¬ 
tari nequeunt. (Al. leg. nixari.) 
NTCTOS (nico), us, m. a winking.2 Ceecil. 
NiDaMeNTUM (nidus), i,.n. materials of 
3 which a nest is built. Plaut. Nidamenta 
congerere.- IT Also, a nest. Arnob. 
NIDIFiCIUM (nidifico), ii, n. a nest. 
3 Apul. 
NIDIFIC5 (nidificus), as, n. 1. to build or 
2 make a nest, vcottcvoi. Plin. Nidificare 
ex alga. Id. Nidificare luto. Virg. Sic 
vos non vobis nidificatis aves. 
NIDIFICOS (nidus & facio), a, um, adj. 
3 that makes a nest. Senec. Vere nidifico, 
when birds make their nests. 
NIDOR (icvi^a), oris, m. the smell or steam 
arising from any thing roasted or burnt j 
any unctuous or strong smell; a vapor, 
effluvium. Lucret. Recens exstinctum 
lumen acri nidore olfendit nares, Ac. 
Cic. In illo ganearum tuarum nidore 
atque fumo. Juvenal. Nidore culin®. 
Virg. Nidorem ambusta (barba) dedit. 
Liv. Fcedus quidam nidor ex adusta 
pluma. — Plaut. Exi, nidor e culina, 
thou fume if the kitchen, applied, as a term 
of reproach, to a slave. 
NiDoltoSOS (nidor), a, um, adj. emit- 
3 ting a vapor, emitting unctuous smells. 
Tertull. 
NIDOLOR (nidulus), aris, dep. 1. to make 
2 or build a nest, vcottottoioj. Oell. Hal- 
cyones hieme in aqua nidulantur.- 
IT TRANS, aliquem, to make a nest for. 
Plin. Vermiculos nidulantur. 
NIDOLOS (dimin. from nidus), i, m. a lit¬ 
tle nest. Cic. Ithacam illam, in asper- 
rimis saxulis, tanquam nidulum, af- 
fixam. Plin. Ep. Hunc senectutis su® 
nidulum vocare consueverat. 
NiDOS (unc.), i, m. a nest, saXid. 
Quintil. Texere nidum. Cic. Fingere 
et construere nidos. Virg. Nidum tig- 
nis suspendit hirundo. Tacit, struere. 
Ilorat. ponere. - If And, figur. the 
young in a nest; a brood of birds. Virg. 
Legens nidis loquacibus escas. Se¬ 
nec. Nidi queruli. Colum. Suam quis- 
que matrem nidus exspectat, a litter 
°f pigs. - If A shelf, case for books, 
goods, Ac. Martial. De primo dabit al- 
terove nido rasum pumice, the parti¬ 
tions in the shelves of a bookseller’s shop. 
Id. Hos (libellos) nido licet inseras vel 
imo septem.-If Also, a house, resi¬ 
dence. Horat. Tu nidum servas, ego lau- 
do ruris amceni rivos. Id. Cels® ni¬ 
dum Acheronti®, Ii. c. the town of Ache- 
rontia. -IT Also, a cup, bowl. Varr. 
Nidus potilis. - If Proverb. Ilorat. 
Majores pennas nido extendisse, to have 
raised one’s seif above his birth. 
NIGeLLuS (dimin. from niger), a, um, 
3 ad j. a little black, blackish. Varr. 
NIGER (unc.), gra, gram, adj. black, sco- 
ble, dusky, dark, darksome, gloomy, pi- 
Aaf. Cic. Qu« alba sint, qu® nigra 
dicere. Horat. Crinis niger. Ovid. 
oculi. Virg. Quamvis file niger , brown, 
swarthy. Id. Et nigr® viol® sunt, et vac¬ 
cinia nigra. Id. Et caligantem nigra ca- 
ligine lucum, with pitchy darkness. Ho¬ 
rat. Nigr® silv®. Id. Nigr® colles Ar- 
cadi®, h. e. shady, woody. Virg. Ilice 
sub nigra. Ovid. Nigra nox. Id. C®- 
lum pice nigrius. Id. Nigr® nubes. 
Lucret. Nigr® umbr®, dark, dismal. 
Virg. Nigerrimus Auster. Id. Niger 
fluvius, h. c. deep. Juvenal. Nigros ef- 
ferre maritos , livid, b. e. poisoned. So, 
Propert. Pocula nigra, h. e. poisoned. 
Tibull. Nigram denuntiat horam, h. e. 
of death. Propert. Niger dies, the day 
of death. Horat. Nigrorum memor ig- 
nium, of the funeral pile. Prop. Janua 
nigra, of death. Senec.. Jupiter niger, 
h. e. Pluto. — Plin. Nigr® lanarum, /o?- 
nigr® Ian®. — Hence, Ovid.. Nigrum (ab- 
sol.) a black spot. -IT Also, bad, wicked. 
Horat. Hie niger est, a knave, villain. Juv. 
Maneant, qui nigra in Candida vertunt, 
who make black white, h. e. put evil for 
good. -IT Also, ill-boding, unlucky, in¬ 
auspicious, ominous. Ilorat. Hunccine 
solem tarn nigrum surrexe mihi ? Pro¬ 
pert. Nigraque funestum conduit omen 
avis.-IT Also, sorrowful, sad, mourn¬ 
ful. Slat. Nigra domus questu. 
NIGIDIOS, ii, m. a Pythagorean philoso¬ 
pher of the age of Cicero. — Hence, Nigi- 
dianus, a, um, adj. of Nigidius. Oell, 
NIGTNX, ®, f. a plant.. Plin. 
NIGIR. Same as Nigris, 
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NIGReDB (niger), Inis, f. blackness, a black 
3 color. Apul. < 
NTGRE5 (id.), es, grui, n. 2. to be dark or 
3 black, peXaimipat. Pacuv. 
NIGReSCQ (nigreo), is, grui, n. 3. to grots 
3 black, become dark, peXaivopai. Virg. 
NIGRIC8 (niger), as, n. 1. to be blacTush. 
Plin. Color nigricans. 
NIGRIC6L5R (niger A color), oris, adj. 
of a black color. Solin. 
NIGRIFICO (niger & facio), as, a. 1. to 
3 make black, blacken. Marcel. Empir. 
NIGRIS, is, m. the Niger, a river in the in¬ 
terior of Africa, now called Joliba. Plin. 
- IT Hence, Nigrit®, arum, m. the 
dwellers about the Niger, 
NIGRITIX, ®, NIGRITIIS, ei, and NT- 
2 GRITuDO (niger), Inis, f. blackness, 
duskiness, pekavia. Plin. Nigritiam qa- 
pilli aflfert. Cels. Sin autem nigrities 
est, Ac. Plin. Nulla apparet nigritudo 
in rostro. 
NIGR5 (Id.), as, avi, atum, n. ar.d a. 1. to 
3 be black. Lucret. Aut ea, qua; nigrant, 
nigro de semine nata. Virg. Nigrantes 
juvencos. Id. Nigrantem ASgida con- 
cuteret. ——• IT Also, activ. to make 
black or livid. Stat. Nigrasset planctu 
lacertos. 
NYGROR (Id.), oris, m. blackness, darkness. 
2 Pacuv. ap. Cic. Noctis nigror. Cels. 
Nigrorem in ulceribus excitat. Lucret. 
Omnia suflfundens mortis nigrore. 
NIHIL (by apocope for nihilum), n. in- 
declin. nothing, nought, ovSen. Cic. Ni 
hi! ergo agebat. Id. Omnium rerum, 
ex quibus allquid acquiritur, nihil esl 
agricultura melius, none is better. Id. 
Nihil rei, nothing. Id. Nihil mali, no 
evil. Id. Nihil lionestum, nihil forte 
Id. Aiiud de republ. nihil loquebantur. 
Ncpos. Nihil illo fuisse excellentius, h. c. 
neminem. So, Id. Qua pugna nil.il est 
nobiiius, h. e. nulla pugna. Cic. Si ni¬ 
hil tale metuamus, h. c. nullarn rem ta- 
lem. Id. Nihil quicquam egregium. 
-IT And absol. in nothing, not a whit, 
not.. Cic. Gr®ci® nihil cedimus, h. e. 
nulla in re. Terent. Nihil opus est, 
there is no necessity. Cic. Benelicio ni¬ 
hil utitur, makes no use of. -IT The 
double ncc or neque follows nihil, with¬ 
out destroying the negation. Cic. Nihil 
nec subterfugere, nec obscurare.- 
IT Nihil non, every thing. Cic. Nihil 
non ad rationem dirigebat. Id. Nihil 
mali non inest, every evil. -IT Non 
nihil, something. Cic. Non nihil est 
profectum. So, Tcrent. Haud nihil. Ne- 
pos. Non nihil temporis tribuit litteris. 
-IT Nihil nisi, aiiud nisi, quam plte- 
ter, prsterquam, nothing else than, noth¬ 
ing but, Ac. Terent. Nihil nisi sapien- 
tia es. Cic. Amare nihil aiiud est, nisi 
eum ipsum diligere, quem ames, is 
nothing else but. Id. Nihil aiiud dicam, 
nisi verebor, I shall say nothing more, ex¬ 
cept that I shall fear, &c. Id. Ut nihil 
aiiud, quam de hoste cogitet. Id. Nihil 
tibi deest prreter voluntatem, you want 
nothing but the will. Id. Nihil prster- 
quain, only. Liv. Nihil praterquam vi¬ 
gil atum est, they did nothing but watch. 
Sucton. Mox nihil aiiud quam vectaba- 
tur.-IT Also, followed by quin, quo- 
minus. Cic. Nihil pr®termisi, quin 
Pompeium avocarem, I have omitted 
nothing that might separate. Liv. Nihil 
moror, quo minus decemvifatu tbeam. 
Cels. Nihil facere oportet, quo minus ex¬ 
eat. -IT Nihil est quod, cur, quamob- 
rem, there is no reason why. Cic. Epis- 
tolffi quod respondeam, nihil est, I have 
no answer to make. Id. Nihil est, quod 
extimescas, you need not. fear. So, Id, 
Nihil est cur gestias. Id. Nihil excogi- 
tem, quamobrem necesse sit? is there 
nothing that I can contrive, so that ?- 
If Nihil ad me, sc. pertinet. Cic. Nihil 
ad nos : aut si ad nos, nihil ad hoc tern- 
pus, is no concern of mine, does not con¬ 
cern me. So, Terent. Nihil ad me att;- 
net. — Nihil ad, also, signifies nothing in 
comparison with. Cic. Nihil ad C®!ium. 
- IT Nihil minus, nothing less so, 
nothing further from the truth. Cic. Ca- 
dit ergo in virum bonum, fallere ? nihi! 
minus. — IT Nihil dum, and nihildum. 
nothing as yet. Cic. Qnamquain nihi} 
dum audieramus.-If Nihil, to no pur¬ 
pose, in vain, Plaut. Hanc quidem ni- 
