noxa — Lewis & Short
noxa, ae, f.for noc-sa, from noc-eo, like rixa from ringor,
I hurt, harm, injury, which one does or suffers (v. Döderl. Synon. 2, p. 153 sqq.; not in Cic., but cf. noxia; syn.: injuria, contumelia).
I Lit.: QVANDOQVE HICE HOMINES ... NOXAM NOCVERVNT, an old fetial formula in Liv. 9, 10 fin.; so, too, perhaps, SI SERVVS FVRTVM FAXIT NOXAMVE NOCVIT, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Dig. 9, 4, 2, § 1 (al. NOXIAMVE):
servus, qui noxam nocuit,Dig. 35, 2, 63:
si eadem (terra) ad noxam genuit aliqua,injurious, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 158:
tristes pellere a foribus noxas,Ov. F. 6, 129:
ab noxā curculionum conditas fruges defendere,Col. 1, 6, 15:
nihil eam rem noxae faturam,Liv. 34, 19:
rempublicam non extra noxam modo, sed etiam extra famam noxae conservandam esse,id. 34, 61:
sine ullius noxā urbis,id. 36, 21: prava incepta consultoribus noxae esse, Sall. Or. Phil. contr. Lep.:
sine ullā noxā,Cels. 7, 26, 4:
veram noxam concipere,i. e. sickness, Col. 12, 3, 7.—
II Transf.
A An injurious act, i. e. a fault, offence, crime, = delictum:
noxae appellatione omne delictum continetur,Dig. 50, 16, 238, § 3:
aliquem tenere in noxā,Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 71:
hic in noxā est,Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 36:
in noxā esse,Liv. 32, 26; 7, 4:
noxae damnatus,id. 8, 35:
reus ejus noxae,id. 5, 47:
capitalis,id. 3, 55:
neve ea caedes capitalis noxae haberetur,id. 3, 55: qui in furto aut in latrocinio aut aliquā noxā sint comprehensi, * Caes. B. G. 6, 16:
graviorem noxam fateri,Ov. P. 2, 9, 72:
noxa caput sequitur,Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 8 sq.; cf. also Paul. ex Fest. under noxia init.—
B Punishment (not ante-Aug.;
most freq. in jurid. Lat.): noxam merere,Liv. 8, 28, 8 Drak.:
aliquem noxā pecuniāque exsolvere,id. 23, 14, 3; 2, 59, 6; 26, 29, 4:
noxae dedere aliquem,to deliver one up for punishment, Dig. 4, 3, 9; so ib. 7, 1, 17, § 2; cf. ib. 9, 4, 19;
hence: mergi freto, satius illi insulae (Siciliae) esse, quam velut dedi noxae inimico,Liv. 26, 29, 4; and:
rem rusticam pessimo cuique servorum, ut carnifici noxae dedimus,Col. 1 prooem.:
quod ajunt aediles: noxā solutus non sit (servus) sic intellegendum est, ut non hoc debeat pronuntiari, nullam eum noxam commisisse, sed illud, noxā solutum esse, hoc est noxali judicio subjectum non esse: ergo si noxam commisit nec permanet, noxā solutus videtur,Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 17: non noxae eximitur Q. Fabius, qui contra edictum imperatoris pugnavit;
sed, noxae damnatus, donatur populo Romano,Liv. 8, 35, 5:
noxae accipere aliquem,to receive one for the purpose of punishing him, Dig. 7, 1, 17, § 2.— —
C Concr., that which commits an offence, an offender, criminal (jurid. Lat.): noxa est corpus, quod nocuit, id est servus;
noxia ipsum maleficium, veluti furtum, damnum, rapina, injuria,Just. Inst. 4, 8, 1:
aut noxiam sarcire aut noxam dedere oportet,the guilty thing, Dig. 9, 1, 1, § 11; so,
noxae deditio,ib. 9, 4, 4.