The corpus record — Latin

naucum

naucum · n

something slight

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Where it lives

Cento Nuptialis 1 · 7.33/10k
Mostellaria 2 · 2.08/10k
Truculentus 1 · 1.22/10k
Bacchides 1 · 1.01/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
De Divinatione 1 · 0.36/10k

What it meant

1. naucum — Lewis & Short

naucum, i, n., or naucus, i, m.etym. dub.; cf. nugae,

I something slight or trivial, a trifle: naucum ait Ateius Philologus poni pro nugis. Cincius, quod in oleae nucis, quod intus sit. Aelius Stilo omnium rerum putamen. Glossematorum autem scriptores fabae grani quod haereat in fabulo. Quidam ex Graeco quod sit vai\ kai\ ou)xi/, levem hominem significari. Quidam nucis juglandis, quam Verrius jugulandam vocat, medium velut dissaepimentum. Plautus in Parasito pigro: Ambo magnā laude lauti, postremo ambo sumus non nauci. Item in Mostellaria: Quod id esse dicam verbum nauci, nescio; et in Truculento: Amas hominem non nauci; et Naevius in Tunicularia: Ejus noctem nauco ducere (to value at nothing); et Ennius: Illuc nugator nili, non nauci'st homo, Paul. ex Fest. p. 166 Müll. (Enn. Com. v. 10 Vahl.).—Besides the preceding example from Naevius, non nauci (habere, facere, or esse, used only in the genitive with a negative), of no value, good for nothing (cf.: flocci habeo): non habeo denique nauci Marsum augurem, esteem lightly, value not a straw, Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132: homo timidus nauci non erit, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 1: homo non nauci, id. Truc. 2, 7, 50: hoc servum meum non nauci facere esse ausum? id. Bacch. 5, 1, 16.

2. naucum — Walde–Hofmann

naucum, -i n. (-us m.?, nur Gen. Abl. in Vbdgg. wie nón nawct, naucö dücere) „etwas ganz Geringes“ (seit Naev.): genaue Bed. und Herkunft ar; die Angaben der Alten weisen auf eine ähnliche Bed. wie die von eiecum, doch kann Anklang an nux und ndvis ein- 10* 148 nävigö — nävis, gewirkt haben. Vgl. Fest. 166 nawcum ait Atöius Philologus pöni prö nügis; Cincius quod. oleae nucisque intus sit; Aelius Stilo om- . nium … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. naucum, p. 1053]

In the wild

nauci Cicero, De Divinatione 1.132
nauci Apuleius, Apologia 91.p1
nauci Plautus, Truculentus 2.7
nauci Plautus, Bacchides 5.1
naucum Ausonius, Cento Nuptialis praef.pr.p2
nauci Plautus, Mostellaria 5.1

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. naucum (scan pp. 1053-1056; entry #1832). Root candidates: *ghnauko-, *ghnows-, *ghnow-.

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