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Naevius

Naevius · adj

that has a mole

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Where it lives

Pro P. Quinctio 75 · 86.76/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 39-40 - 39 6 · 4.07/10k
De Senectute 2 · 2.42/10k
Epigrammata 12 · 2.13/10k
Brutus 5 · 1.99/10k
Satyrarum libri 2 · 1.41/10k
Noctes Atticae 15 · 1.34/10k
C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 38 2 · 1.18/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 1-2 - 2 2 · 1.12/10k
Andria 1 · 1.02/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k

Densest 12 of 31 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. naevĭus — Lewis & Short

naevĭus, a, um, adj.naevus,

I that has a mole on his body, Arn. 3, 108 dub. (al. naevinos).

2. Naevĭus — Lewis & Short

Naevĭus, anaevus; hence, prop., one born with a mole or birth-mark,

I name of a Roman gens. The most celebrated member of it is Cn. Naevius, a Roman epic and dramatic poet, born A. U. C. 480. He made the first Punic war, in which he had served, the subject of a poem, in which he so boldly satirized the nobility, especially the Metelli, that he was forced into exile at Utica, where he died, A. U. C. 550, Cic. Brut. 15, 60; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 3; Gell. 1, 24, 2; 17, 21, 45.—Hence,

A Naevĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Nævius, Nœvian: porta Naevia, Liv. 2, 11; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 163 Müll.: Naevia silva dicta juxta Romam, quod Naevi cujusdam fuerit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 168 ib.: Naevia olea, Col. 12, 48.—

B Naevĭānus, a, um, adj., Nævian; i. e.,

1 Of or belonging to the poel Nævius: Hector, Cic. Fam. 5, 12: scripta, id. Brut. 15: modi, id. Leg. 2, 15.—

2 Of or belonging to (another) Nævius: pira, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Cels. 2, 24.

In the wild

Naevius Horace, Satyrarum libri 1.1.101
Naevius Cicero, Pro P. Quinctio 55
Naeui Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 7.7.6
Naevius Cicero, Pro P. Quinctio 22.p1
Naevia Martial, Epigrammata 2.26.1
Naevius Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.5.108

6 of 162 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. Naeuius (scan p. 449; entry #7219).

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