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nictus

nictus · m

a winking, blinking

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What it meant

nictus — Lewis & Short

nictus, ūs, m.1. nico,

I a winking, blinking with the eyes, Caecil. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll. (but in Ov. M. 3, 460; id. A. A. 1, 138; and id. F. 1, 418, the correct read. is nutu).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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