(adj.adv.) : nūdus, a, um, adj.for nugdus; root nag-, nig-, to make bare; Sanscr. nagna, naked; cf. Germ. nackt; Eng. naked
* Naked, bare, unclothed, uncovered, exposed.
* Lit.
* In gen.: membra nuda dabant terrae,Lucr. 5, 970 Lachm. N. cr. (not nudabant): tamquam nudus nuces legeret, in ventrem abstulisse,Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265: nudus membra Pyracmon,Verg. A. 8, 425: nuda pedem,Ov. M. 7, 183: capite nudo,bareheaded,Sall. J. 94, 1: pedibus nudis,Hor. S. 1, 8, 24: costae nudae tegmine,Sil. 5, 449.—Esp., without the toga, in one's tunic: nudus ara, sere nudus,Verg. G. 1, 299; Petr. 92; Aur. Vict. Vir. Illustr. 17; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 3, 26, 9.—Unarmed, unprotected: in maximo metu nudum et caecum corpus ad hostes vortere,his defenceless back,Sall. J. 107, 1; Liv. 5, 45, 3.—Prov.: vestimenta detrahere nudo, i. e. to get something out of one who has nothing, or to draw blood from a stone, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 79.—Of things: silex nuda,not covered with turf,Verg. E. 1, 15: ensis,id. A. 12, 306: sedit humo nudā,Ov. M. 4, 261: et quodcumque jacet nudā tellure cadaver,on the bare ground, unburied,Luc. 6, 550; so of unburied bodies, id. 8, 434; Stat. Th. 8, 73: nudum nemus,leafless,Sen. Herc. Oet. 281.
* Transf.
* In partic.
* Stripped, spoiled, vacant, void, deprived, or destitute of, without.
* With abl.: urbs nuda praesidio,Cic. Att. 7, 13, 1: praesidiis,Liv. 29, 4, 7: nudus agris, nudus nummis,Hor. S. 2, 3, 184: nudum remigio latus,id. C. 1, 14, 4; Sil. 16, 46.
* Poor, needy, destitute, forlorn: quem tu semper nudum esse voluisti,Cic. Fl. 21, 51: senecta,Ov. H. 9, 154: senectus,Juv. 7, 35: quis tam nudus, ut, etc.,id. 5, 163: sine amicis, sine hospitibus, plane nudum esse ac desertum,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148.
* With gen.: mors famae nuda,Sil. 4, 608.
* Absol.: heri quod homines quattuor In soporem conlocāstis nudos,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 147: partem istam subselliorum nudam atque inanem reliquerunt,Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 16.
* In gen., bare, mere, pure, simple, sole, alone, only: nuda ista si ponas, judicari qualia sint non facile possim,Cic. Par. 3, 2, 24: ira Caesaris,Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 17: locorum nuda nomina,Plin. 3, praef. § 2: virtus nudo homine contenta est,Sen. Ben. 3, 18, 2: nuda rerum cognitio,Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 4: nuda virtus,Petr. 88: nudā manu captare fontem, i. e. without a cup, Sen. Hippol. alt. 519.—So freq. in jurid. Lat.: nudo animo adipisci quidem possessionem non possumus: retinere tamen nudo animo possumus,Paul. Sent. 5, tit. 2: etiam nudus consensus sufficit obligationi,Dig. 44, 7, 51; Gai. Inst. 3, 154.
* Esp., in phrases.
* In partic.
* Nudum jus, an unexecuted right: qui nudum jus Quiritium in servo habet, is potestatem habere non intellegitur,Gai. Inst. 1, 54; 3, 166.
* Simple, unadorned: Commentarii (Caesaris) nudi sunt, recti et venusti, omni ornatu orationis tamquam veste detractā,Cic. Brut. 75, 262: brevitas nuda atque inornata,id. de Or. 2, 84, 341: quoniam dicendi facultas non debeat esse jejuna atque nuda,id. ib. 1, 50, 218: nuda et velut incompta oratio,Quint. 8, 6, 41; cf. id. 2, 4, 3; Ov. A. A. 3, 747: sedit humo nudā, nudis incompta capillis,Ov. M. 4, 261.
* Undisguised, unadorned, not veiled or obscured: veritas,Hor. C. 1, 24, 7: nudissima veritas,Cael. Aur. Chron. 1, 5, 176: simplex ac nuda veritas,Lact. 3, 1, 3: nuda verba, unveiled, i. e. obscene words, Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 4.—Hence, adv.: nūdē, nakedly, simply (post-class.): aliquid tradere breviter ac nude,Lact. 3, 1, 11.