nūbĭlus — Lewis & Short
nūbĭlus, a, um, adj.nubes,
I cloudy, overcast, lowering (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I Lit.:
caelum,Plin. 16, 26, 46, § 109:
dies,id. 2, 35, 35, § 100:
annus,Tib. 2, 5, 76.—
2 Subst.
a nūbĭlum, i, n., a cloudy sky, cloudy weather:
venti, qui nubilum inducunt,Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 7:
differre aliquid propter nubilum,Suet. Ner. 13: vitandos soles atque ventos et nubila etiam ac siccitates. Quint. 11, 3, 27.—In abl.:
nubilo,in cloudy weather, Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 215:
aranei sereno texunt, nubilo texunt,id. 11, 24, 28, § 84.—
b In plur.: nū-bĭla, ōrum, n., the clouds:
Diespiter lgni corusco nubila dividens,Hor. C. 1, 34, 5:
caput inter nubila condit,Verg. A. 4, 177:
nubila dissicere,Ov. M. 1, 328:
nubila conducere,id. ib. 1, 572:
nubila inducere et pellere,id. ib. 7, 202; Plin. Pan. 30, 3.—
B Transf.
1 Cloud-bringing, cloudy:
nubilus Auster,Ov. P. 2, 1, 26; Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 127; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 287.—
2 Dark, gloomy:
Styx,Ov. F. 3, 322:
via nubila taxo,id. M. 4, 432:
Tibris,id. ib. 14, 447:
Arcas,dwelling in the infernal regions, Stat. Th. 4, 483.—
3 Dark, of color:
nubilus color margaritae,Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 108; Mart. 8, 51, 4.—
II Trop.
A Beclouded, troubled:
ita nubilam mentem Animi habeo,Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 5:
Mars nubilus irā,Stat. Th. 3, 230.—
B Gloomy, sad, melancholy:
toto nubila vultu,Ov. M. 5, 512:
oculi hilaritate nitescunt et tristitiā quoddam nubilum ducunt,Quint. 4, 3, 27; cf. Plin. 2, 6, 4, § 13; Stat. S. 5, 3, 13:
nubila tempora,Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 40; 1, 9, 6:
nubila nascenti seu mihi Parca fuit,unfavorable, adverse, id. ib. 5, 3, 14.