nugatorius

nūgātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [nugator],

• trifling, worthless, useless, futile, nugatory: nugatoriae artes, i. e. lies, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 2 (844): boves Ligustici, worthless, useless, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 9; so, unguentum, id. L. L. 7, § 64 Müll.: ad probandum res infirma nugatoriaque, Cic. Caecin. 23, 64: illud valde leve est ac nugatorium, id. Fam. 11, 2, 3: in malā nugatoriāque accusatione, id. Rosc. Am. 15, 42: genus argumentationis, not to the point, Auct. Her. 2, 20, 31: genus deorum, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 27.—As subst.: nū-gātōrĭus, ii, m., a worthless fellow, nugatorium vocant, Sen. Ep. 36, 2.—Hence, adv.: nūgātōrĭē, triflingly, frivolously: tenuiter et nugatorie respondere, Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48.

nūgātōrius (altlat. naugātōrius), a, um (nugator), läppisch, wertlos, gehaltlos, ungereimt, nichtig, unnütz, boves, Varro: unguentum, Varro LL.: artes, Plaut.: argumentationis genus, Cornif. rhet.: opinio, Augustin.: cantica, Augustin.: mala nugatoriaque accusatio, Cic.: illud valde leve est ac nugatorium, Cic. – v. Pers., nugatorium et inertem vocant, Sen. ep. 36, 2. – plur. neutr. subst., nugatoria iniquitatis, Augustin. serm. 9, 8: u. bl. nugatoria, ibid. 32, 2.

nugatorius [CL] 1 inconsequential, trifling, frivolous. b superfluous. c1155 qui juventutis et adolescentie vestre florem in rebus ~iis expendistis P. Blois Ep. 6. 19A; opus igitur promissionis aggredior, quod ne propter eorum scripta ~ium videretur, brevis et valde compendiosus et facilis procedere destinavi Gerv. Melkley AV 1.  b impertinentibus ‥ celaturis ~iis G. S. Alb. I 219 (v. 2). 2 who talks nonsense. vascus, nugax, ~ius ‥ vaniloquus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 625. 3 nonsensical: a untrue. b (log. & phil.) meaningless. a inter ‥ sermones ~ios magis et vanos quam sibi coherentes Gir. DK I 16; proinde non admirandum, si cuidam visioni, que anno verbi incarnati MCCVI in partibus nostris contigit, a quibusdam contradicatur et velut ~ia habeatur, sed ‥ Coggesh. Visio 4; inhians in vanitates et insanias falsas ‥ non nisi ~ia comprehendit sane ~ium dixerim quicquid ab eo quod vere est declinat J. Godard Ep. 238.  b non solum superfluum sed et ~ium esse textum et glosas aut simul aut separatim legere R. Melun Sent. I 15; si quis sic dicat ‘probabile est ratio’ nisi addatur ‘omne’ aut ‘aliquod’aut ‘nullum’, pluribus ~ium videbitur vel nihil Balsh. AD 20; nugacio non absolvitur omnino a consideracione gramatici, quamvis locucio ~ia, in gramatica sit inconveniens Bacon XV 45. 4 ineffectual. dictus monachus iterum insurgens et in ipsum irruens ictus non ~ios ter vel quater iteravit M. Par. Maj. V 32.

nūgātōrĭus, (14) a, um (nugator), futile, vain, léger, sans valeur : Varro L. 7, 64 ; Cic. Cæc. 64 || puéril [en parl. dʼun exorde] : Cic. de Or. 2, 315 || homme futile : Sen. Ep. 36, 2.

nūgātōrius adj.

• nugator, trifling, worthless, useless, futile: ad probandum res: alqd valde.