naevus (noun M) : for gnaevus, root gna-, gen-, of genus, gnatus, a mark born with one; cf.: natus, natura, etc.
* A mole or wart on the body.
* Lit.: naevus in articulo pueri... est corporis macula naevus,Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79: egregio inspersos reprehendas corpore naevos,Hor. S. 1, 6, 67: nullus in egregio corpore naevus erit,Ov. Tr. 5, 13, 14; Plin. 22, 25, 67, § 137; 28, 4, 6, § 34.
* Trop., a spot, blemish, fault (late Lat.): naevi instar est, ut frater meus, etc.,Symm. 3, 34 dub.

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