nōdōsus — Lewis & Short
nōdōsus, a, um, adj.nodus,
I full of knots, knotty (syn. geniculatus).
I Lit.:
stipes,Ov. H. 10, 101:
robur,Val. Fl. 8, 298:
lina,nets, Ov. M. 3, 153; so,
plagae,id. F. 6, 110:
vitis,Juv. 8, 247:
ossa,the bones of the neck, the cervical vertebræ, Luc. 8, 672:
rami,Sen. Ep. 12, 1:
fructus,Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 176:
cheragra (so called from its producing blains and knots on the fingers),Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 31:
podagra,Ov. P. 1, 3, 23.—
II Trop., knotty, intricate, difficult (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
quaestiones,Macr. S. 7, 1 med.—Sup.:
nodosissimi libri enodati,Aug. Conf. 4, 16:
Cicuta,familiar with the intricacies of the law, Hor. S. 2, 3, 69; so,
nodosam exsolvite stipem,Val. Max. 2, 9, 1 (dub.).—Hence, adv.: nōdōsē, intricately, obscurely (post-class.); comp.:
nodosius,Tert. Res. Carn. 46.