nodus

nōdus, i, m. [for gnodus; Sanscr. root gadh-, gandh-, grasp; cf. Gr. Χανδάνω, hold; γνάθος, 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 (247); Ter. And. 941.—
    • 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. German. 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.

nōdus, ī, m. (necto), der Knoten, I) eig., meton. u. bildl.: A) eig., Cic. u. n.: artissimo nodo vinciri (Ggstz. levi nodo contineri), Plin.: Cacum corripit in nodum complexus, indem er die Hände um ihn schlang u. ihn damit gleichsam wie mit einem Knoten band, Verg.: nodus Herculis od. Herculaneus, ein (angebl. von Herkules erfundener) schwer zu lösender (ganz fester) Knoten, Plin. u. Sen.: tamquam nodus Gordius difficillimus, Amm. 14, 11, 1 (vgl. Gordium). – B) meton., was zusammengeknüpft wird, a) ein Gürtel, Verg.: n. anni, G. des Äquator, Lucr. – b) die Wulst, Haarwulst, ein Nest, eine Art Haarputz der römischen Damen, Ov. art. am. 3, 139: u. als Tracht der Germanen, Rheni nodi, Mart. 5, 37, 8. – c) nodi, ein Netz, Fischernetz, Manil. 5, 665. – C) bildl.: 1) im allg., Verbindung, Band, amabilissimus nodus (Band) amicitiae, Cic.: his igitur versibus quasi nodi apparent continuationis, quos in ambitu coniungimus, an diesen vier Versstellen stellen sich gleichsam die vier Knotenpunkte dar, die in der Periode verbunden werden (und so ein gegliedertes Ganzes bilden), Cic.: nodo quodam violentae necessitatis astrictus, Amm. – 2) insbes.: a) Fessel, Schlinge = Verbindlichkeit, Verpflichtung, nodi religionum, Lucr.: plures imponere nodos, bindende Eide, Ov. – b) Knoten = Schwierigkeit, Verwickelung, Hinder nis, in difficilem nodum incĭdere, eine schwere Aufgabe zu lösen haben, Cic.: exsolvere nodum huius erroris, den durch die Ungewißheit geschlungenen Knoten lösen, d.i. der schwer zu lösenden Ungewißheit ein Ende machen, Liv.: iuris nodos et legum aenigmata solvere, Iuven.: dum hic nodus expediatur, bis dieser Knoten gelöst (dieser schwierige Umstand beseitigt) ist, Cic. – v. Pers., Abas pugnae nodusque moraque, der Erschwerer u. Verzögerer des Sieges, Verg. Aen. 10, 428: u. so nodus et mora publicae securitatis Antonius, Flor. 4, 9, 1. – Insbes. der Knoten, die Verwicklung im Drama, Hor. de art. poët. 191. – II) übtr.: 1) am tierischen Körper: a) der Knoten am Gelenk, der Knöchel, nodi corporum, qui vocantur articuli, Plin.: corpora et nodi sinuataque terga per orbes, Manil.: crura sine nodis articulisque habere, Caes.: articulorum nodis iungi, Plin. – b) das Band der Zunge, nodum linguae rumpere, Gell. 5, 9, 2: nodos linguae solvere, Iustin. 13, 7, 6. – 2) der Knoten am Holze oder an Ästen, Pflanzen, Verg., Liv. u. Plin.: dah. poet. die knotige Keule des Herkules, Sen. poët. – Sprichw., s. scirpus: u. malo arboris nodo malus clavus aut cuneus infigendus est, auf einen groben Klotz gehört ein grober Keil, Hieron. in Matth. 3, 21 v. 24 sqq. – 3) der Knoten, d.i. die Härte oder der harte Teil einer Sache, a) der Edelsteine, Plin.: des Metalls, Plin. – b) am Körper, dieGeschwulst, Verhärtung, articulorum nodi, Gichtknoten, Plin.: nervorum nodi, Plin. – c) als astron. t. t.: α) der Knoten, ein Stern im Bilde der Fische, Cic. Arat. 17. Caes. Germ. Arat. 243. – β) Plur. nodi = die vier Knotenpunkte des Himmels, wo die vier Jahreszeiten beginnen, Manil. 3, 622.

1 nodus [CL] 1 knot formed by tying thread, rope, or sim; b (in a noose); c (on string used for arithmetical calculation). exertis absolvens vincula nodis Aldh. VirgV 588; 7‥ ~us, wrasan, ost WW; dum ~um solvere studuimus, astrinximus Andr. S. Vict. Dan. 81; mulieres ibidem [in Man] navigaturis ventum vendunt, quasi sub tribus fili ~is inclusum; ita ut, sicut plus de vento habere voluerint, plures ~os evolvant Higd. I 44 p. 42; ille nichilo minus de sero introducta scala, preparatum laqueum ad eminenciorem quandam domicilii sui trabem firmissimis ~is connexuit Mir. Hen. VI III 110 p. 198.  b laquei ~us Bede Acts 944 (v. laqueus 1a); conticuit stringens silenti guttura nodo Mir. Nin. 180.  c cum ‥ ~i numerorum et cum illis aliquot unitates proposite fuerint ‥ tunc multiplicatio quater repetenda erit, hoc est ~i primo cum ~is, unitates deinde cum ~is, et ~i cum unitatibus ‥ Rob. Angl. (I) Alg. 90. 2 (bot.) node or bud on plant stem; b (~um in scirpo quaerere) to look for a knot on a bullrush, to look for difficulty where none exists; c (applied to bodily organ). rose rubor suis audet / nodis explicari, / Aquilonem sibi gaudet / jam non novercari P. Blois Carm. 1. 3. 38; marinarii ‥ implent ~os harundinum ‥ de illa aqua Med. Sci. 297; sicut in terre nascentibus radix est primum supra quam figitur et post sequuntur ~i ascendentes ‥, ita et in animali supra radicem ipsius, quod est cor, elevantur membra consequentia ipsum que sunt in conparatione ~orum in terre nascentibus ‥ Ps.-Ric. Anat. 24; cortex assimilatur cuti, lignum carni, ~i nervis, vene venis Bacon XI 228; radicem nodosam habet unico ~o subrubeo oblongo SB 21 (v. filipendula); circa ‥ ~os folia ‥ habet Alph. 101 (v. fructuosus 1d); the joynt of a straw, ~us Levins Manip. 215/33.  b nimis haeres in nihilo ‥ et ‥ quaeris ~um in scirpo Anselm (CurD 16) II 122; si genus a Bruto ducens Brito querere nodum / estuet in scirpo, quis moveatur eo? l. L. Durh. Dial. III 207; quid tenebras in luce querimus? quid ~um in scirpo? Ailr. Spec. Car. III 94. 612; nuper enim dixit quod ~us erat in cirpo Nig. Cur. 159; incidunt a minoribus in majores, ~um in scirpo querentes, dum super instabili firmum sibi statum stabilire conantur Siccav. PN 110.  c ex parte ‥ aeris ‥ exigitur ~us quidam qui est pulmo supra quem elevatur canna cum cartilagine ‥ et ex parte vie sanguinis exigitur alius ~us magnus qui est epar Ps.-Ric. Anat. 24. 3 knot, button. 1352 iiij duoden’ ~orum auri pond’ xv s. ij d. ‥ dat’ ‥ domine regine pro j gite Reg. Black Pr. IV 44; ~us, a cnotte or a botun WW; 1589 pro viij ~is de tincell wyer Ac. LChamb. 80 f. 19v. 4 a mass or bunch of something secured by a knot: a (hair); b (hank of thread); c (material of a garment). a crinis ex multis capillis colligitur et in uno ~o constringitur ne capilli sine lege soluti ‥ defluant Bald. Cant. Serm. 12. 24. 483.  b 1312 filabit x nod’ optimi fili de lino (Cust. Tolleshunt Tresgoz) MS Essex RO D/DC 21/12.  c peplum invenit et ~um ubi hostia fuerat quasi sanguine recenti cruentatum Gir. GE I 11 p. 40. 5 (anat.): a joint. b lump formed in a joint. c tumour or wart. d (~us capitis) back of the head, noddle. e (~us virginitatis) female pudenda. a nequaquam ulterius attingere potuit quam ad eum ~um quo sura jungitur pedi, qui vulgo cavilla vocatur Petrus Dial. 30; sunt ‥ animalium quedam quibus ossa dorsi adeo multiplicitate ~orum intricantur et complexio naturali frigiditate confecta, ut ‥ Quaest. Salern. B 73; hic ~us, knokylle WW.  b ~i sunt duricies in juncturis manuum et pedum Gad. 29.1; ~i sunt articulorum tumores indurati LC 255.  c ~us est ut plurimum in nervis et est mansivus magis in loco uno quam glandula Gad. 25. 1.  d 1411 cum quodam gladio vocato bastardswerd predictum Willelmum super ~um capitis felonice percutere debuit, faciendo sibi plagam mortalem Pat 384 m. 25.  e si fortuitu hujus puelle ~um virginitatis tangere valerem, forsitan mihi postea consentiet Sim. Glasg. V. Kentig. 2. 6 (arch.) knob, boss: a (on cup); b (on wall hanging); c (on ceiling); d (on support in a mine). a 1245 calix argenti ‥ ~o deaurato et virgulato Arch. L 465; 1315 calix ‥ aureus ‥ cum gemmis in ~o pedis Invent. Ch. Ch. 69; 1329 ~os deamelatos (v. deamelare); 1454 item j pixis argent’ cum ~o deaurato Ac. Durh. 149; 1464 calicem ‥ cum ~o deaurato at annamelato MunAcOx 707; 1503 calix ‥ cum ~o amellato Invent. Ch. Ch. 133.  b 1397 hangings etc. cum ~is et capitibus leopardorum Ac. Durh. 214.  c abbas capellam beate Virginis mane cum fenestris et volta honesta et ~is deauratis decenter fecit Chr. Evesham 286; 1425 pro clavis ‥ ad idem hostium et pro ~ys tecti Ac. Churchw. Bath 32; 1426 navis ipsius ecclesie ‥ ~os ‥ deaurari fecit Chr. Pont. Ebor. 435; 1471 soluti David Carver pro les carvyng ~orum certorum xvij s. iiij d ‥ in vadiis trium virorum laborancium apud C. circa succisionem lignorum pro ~is emptorum, vj s. Fabr. York 74.  d 1302 pro factura avidodorum et reparacione et emendacione minerarum et ~orum et defectuum in eisdem KR Ac 260/22 m. 6. 7 (her.) knob. crux florida nodulata ‥ habet flores in finibus suis et in quolibet puncto cujusque floris habet unum ~um sive fibulam Bad. Aur. 126; ~i ‥ reperiuntur in finibus Upton 218 (v. nodulatus 2). 8 (astr.) point at which the ecliptic cuts the equator. dicis quod zodiacus a cancro ad capricornum obliquatus sit ‥ id enim ipsum ad ~um incidit Adel. QN 71; de mundo ‥ Latine subscribam, hoc prescripto ~o ut ‥ quicquid de spera dixero, de mundo dici intelligatur Id. Astr. 29; luna igitur plena existente in altero ~orum vel prope, cum tunc sit sub ecliptica vel prope eclipticam, necesse est, ut transeat per umbram terre Gros. 30. 9 (fig.) bond, fetter. qui maturius Basilium de ~o follis hujus absolveret Gildas EB 75; sprevit opum nodos mundique reliquit habenas Aldh. VirgV 2103; si Deus ‥ me ‥ ~ibus [v. l. ~is] infirmitatis ‥ non obligasset V. Cuthb. I 4; stringebant vincula socialis gratie, maxime ~us cujusdam amicitie Ailr. Spec. Car. I 79. 531; fidei sacramentique ~is ‥ astrictum Gir. IK I 10; in tota vita hominis, dum ~us necessitatis solvitur, alius stringitur Bald. Cant. Serm. 20. 5. 517; indissolubilis ~us amoris J. Ford Serm. 113. 7; omnesque actus suos sub arctioris censure ~o cohibuit P. Blois Ep. 38. 117C. 10 group associated in fig. bond, company of foot soldiers. ~us, getrum Ælf. Gl. 110; a company, agmen, cetus fortuitu congregatus, ~us peditum est CathA. 11 (fig.) knotty problem. hac responsione ‥ non est interrogationis ~us patenter solutus Aldh. PR 140 p. 194; cujus tamen ~um quaestionis apertissima ratio solvit Bede Hom. II 18. 200; c798 ~us ‥ propositae quaestionis ‥ hujusmodi constrictus fuit ‥ Alcuin Ep. 136 p. 205; ~os sophisticos aperit Adel. ED 21 (v. disceptatio a); ad laxandum dubietatis ~um queritur W. Malm. GR II 121; Parisiis ubi difficilium questionum ~i intricatissimi resolvuntur P. Blois Ep. 19. 69C.

2 nodus [cf. NGML nauda 2, nodula 2] , bird that lives near a stream, jackdaw, rook. ~us, a roke WW; a dawe, ‥ ~us CathA.

nōdus, (10) ī, m. , ¶ 1 nœud : Cic. Tim. 13 ; Virg. En. 8, 260 || [poét.] ceinture : Virg. En. 1, 320 || nœud de cheveux : Tac. G. 38 || articulation, jointure, vertèbre : Cæs. G. 6, 27, 1 ; Plin. 11, 177 ; Luc. 6, 672 || nœud [des végétaux] : Liv. 1, 18, 7 ; Virg. En. 7, 507 ; Plin. 16, 158 ; Col. Arb. 3, 1 || plis, replis [des reptiles] : Virg. En. 5, 279 || nœud [des métaux] : Plin. 34, 136 || étoile entre les Poissons [constellation] : Cic. Arat. 34, 18 || nodi, les quatre parties du ciel où commencent les saisons : Manil. 3, 618 || nodus anni Lucr. 5, 688, nœud de lʼannée, point dʼintersection de lʼécliptique et de lʼéquateur [il y a en fait deux tels points, le nœud descendant et le nœud ascendant ou point vernal ; le passage de Lucrèce nʼest pas assez clair pour pouvoir les distinguer] ¶ 2 [fig.] a) nœud, lien : amabilissimus nodus amicitiæ Cic. Læl. 51, le lien le plus aimable de lʼamitié, cf. Or. 222 ; b) difficulté, nœud, obstacle : dum hic nodus expediatur Cic. Att. 5, 21, 3, jusquʼà ce que cette difficulté soit tranchée, cf. Cic. ad Br. 26, 5 ; pugnæ Virg. En. 10, 428, ce qui entrave la victoire || nœud, intrigue [dʼune pièce] : Hor. P. 191.

nodus , i. m.
結。骨節。木節。難。— Herculeus 難解之結。— Gordius 難解之事。— Gratiarum 相接手之三美女神。— amicitiae 朋友之合。— Veneris 媾精。Caelestis nodus 亥宫間之一星名。Vitales animae nodi 身靈之合。Nodum in scirpo quaerere 太細。求所無。吹毛求疵。

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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.

NODUS

NODUSin a special sense, was applied to the following parts of dress:--1. The knot used in tying on the scarf [CHLAMYS] or other article constituting the AMICTUSThis was often effected by the aid of a brooch [FIBULA], a ring, or some jewel (Verg. A. 1.320, 6.301-Z2, 11.776-Z2; Claud. de Rapt. Pros. 2.40); but frequently in the method shown in the woodcut of Diana, Vol. 1. p. 416. 2. The knot of hair (κόρυμβος, κρωβύλος), either at the top or at the back of the head, adopted by both sexes in fastening their long hair, which was turned upwards or backwards for the purpose ( crine rursus adducto revocare nodo, Sen. Oedip. ii.; Verg. A. 4.138; Hor. Epod. 11.28). Examples may be seen in the woodcuts under COMA3. The knot of leather worn by boys of the poorer classes at Rome instead of the golden BULLA

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