nĭtĭdus — Lewis & Short
nĭtĭdus, a, um, adj.niteo,
I shining, glittering, bright, polished, clear (class.; syn.: splendidus, lautus).
I Lit.:
facite, sultis, nitidae ut aedes meae sint,Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 8:
in picturis alios horrida, inculta ... contra alios nitida, laeta delectant,Cic. Or. 11, 36:
nitidus juventā (anguis),Verg. G. 3, 437:
caesaries,id. ib. 4, 337:
caput solis,id. ib. 1, 467:
ebur,Ov. M. 2, 3:
aries nitidissimus auro,id. F. 3, 867:
aether,Val. Fl. 3, 467:
pisces,with gleaming scales, Ov. M. 1, 74:
cujus turbavit nitidos exstinctus passer ocellos,Juv. 6, 8.—
B Transf.
1 Of animals, sleek, plump, fat:
jumenta,Nep. Eum. 5, 6.—
2 Of persons, well-conditioned, well-favored, healthy-looking:
me pinguem et nitidum bene curatā cute vises,Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 15.—So, nitidis sensibus haurire aliquid, with fresh, unblunted, unsated senses, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 193.—
3 Good-looking, handsome, beautiful, neat, elegant, spruce, trim:
nimis nitida femina,Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 4:
quos pexo capillo nitidos videtis,Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22:
ex nitido fit rusticus,Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 83:
villae,id. ib. 1, 15, 46:
nitidioris vitae instrumenta,Plin. 13, 16, 30, § 100.—
4 Of fields and plants, blooming, fertile, luxuriant:
nitidae fruges arbustaque laeta,Lucr. 2, 594:
campi nitidissimi viridissimique,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:
nitidissima arboris pars,Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 104. —Poet.:
nitidissimus annus,rich, fertile, Ov. F. 5, 265.—
5 Of the wrestling ring, in allusion to the oil with which the wrestlers' bodies were anointed: palaestrae, Mart. 4, 8, 5.—
II Trop., cultivated, polished, refined:
nitidum quoddam genus verborum et laetum,Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 81:
verba nitidiora,id. Part. 5, 17:
Isocrates nitidus et comptus,Quint. 10, 1, 79:
Messala,id. 1, 7, 35:
oratio,id. 8, 3, 18; 49;
orator,id. 12, 10, 78:
nitida et curata vox,id. 11, 3, 26:
hilares nitidique vocantur,Juv. 11, 178:
vita nitidior,Plin. 13, 16, 30, § 100.—Hence, adv.: nĭtĭdē, splendidly, brightly, beautifully, magnificently:
ut nitide nitet,Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 3:
cenare nitide,id. Cas. 3, 6, 19; cf. id. Cist. 1, 1, 11.