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nervosus
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Lewis Short
(adj.adv.) : nervōsus, a, um, adj.nervus
* Full of sinews, sinewy, nervous.
* Lit.: nervosa et lignea dorcas,Lucr. 4, 1161: poples,Ov. M. 6, 256: exilitas,Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214: partes,id. 23, 3, 34, § 69: nervosius illud, i. e. membrum virile,Cat. 67, 27.
* Transf., of plants, full of fibres, fibrous: cauliculi,Plin. 21, 9, 30, § 54; 27, 12, 97, § 123.
* Trop.
* Nervous, vigorous, energetic in expression: quis Aristotele nervosior,Cic. Brut. 31, 121.
* Vigorous, bold: vivacitas,Val. Max. 8, 13, 4: juventus, Prud. c. Sym. 2, 320.—Hence, adv.: nervō-sē, strongly, boldly, vigorously, energetically: vigilanter nervoseque aliquem subornare, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 6.—Comp.: nervosius dicere,Cic. Or. 36, 127: nervosius aliquid disserere,id. Off. 3, 29, 106.
* Full of sinews, sinewy, nervous.
* Lit.: nervosa et lignea dorcas,Lucr. 4, 1161: poples,Ov. M. 6, 256: exilitas,Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214: partes,id. 23, 3, 34, § 69: nervosius illud, i. e. membrum virile,Cat. 67, 27.
* Transf., of plants, full of fibres, fibrous: cauliculi,Plin. 21, 9, 30, § 54; 27, 12, 97, § 123.
* Trop.
* Nervous, vigorous, energetic in expression: quis Aristotele nervosior,Cic. Brut. 31, 121.
* Vigorous, bold: vivacitas,Val. Max. 8, 13, 4: juventus, Prud. c. Sym. 2, 320.—Hence, adv.: nervō-sē, strongly, boldly, vigorously, energetically: vigilanter nervoseque aliquem subornare, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 6.—Comp.: nervosius dicere,Cic. Or. 36, 127: nervosius aliquid disserere,id. Off. 3, 29, 106.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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