1. nūdus — Lewis & Short
nūdus, a, um, adj.for nugdus; root nag-, nig-, to make bare; Sanscr. nagna, naked; cf. Germ. nackt; Eng. naked,
I naked, bare, unclothed, uncovered, exposed.
I Lit.
A In gen.:
membra nuda dabant terrae,Lucr. 5, 970 Lachm. N. cr. (not nudabant):
tamquam nudus nuces legeret, in ventrem abstulisse,Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:
nudus membra Pyracmon,Verg. A. 8, 425:
nuda pedem,Ov. M. 7, 183:
capite nudo,bareheaded, Sall. J. 94, 1:
pedibus nudis,Hor. S. 1, 8, 24:
costae nudae tegmine,Sil. 5, 449.—Esp., without the toga, in one's tunic:
nudus ara, sere nudus,Verg. G. 1, 299; Petr. 92; Aur. Vict. Vir. Illustr. 17; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 3, 26, 9.—Unarmed, unprotected:
in maximo metu nudum et caecum corpus ad hostes vortere,his defenceless back, Sall. J. 107, 1; Liv. 5, 45, 3.—Prov.: vestimenta detrahere nudo, i. e. to get something out of one who has nothing, or to draw blood from a stone, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 79.—Of things:
silex nuda,not covered with turf, Verg. E. 1, 15:
ensis,id. A. 12, 306:
sedit humo nudā,Ov. M. 4, 261:
et quodcumque jacet nudā tellure cadaver,on the bare ground, unburied, Luc. 6, 550; so of unburied bodies, id. 8, 434; Stat. Th. 8, 73:
nudum nemus,leafless, Sen. Herc. Oet. 281.—
(b) With gen.:
loca nuda gignentium,bare of vegetation, Sall. J. 79, 6:
nudus Arboris Othrys,Ov. M. 12, 512. —
B In partic.
1 Stripped, spoiled, vacant, void, deprived, or destitute of, without.
(a) With abl.:
urbs nuda praesidio,Cic. Att. 7, 13, 1:
praesidiis,Liv. 29, 4, 7:
nudus agris, nudus nummis,Hor. S. 2, 3, 184:
nudum remigio latus,id. C. 1, 14, 4; Sil. 16, 46.—
(b) With ab:
Messana ab his rebus sane vacua atque nuda est,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 3.—
(g) With gen.:
mors famae nuda,Sil. 4, 608.—
(d) Absol.:
heri quod homines quattuor In soporem conlocāstis nudos,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 147:
partem istam subselliorum nudam atque inanem reliquerunt,Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 16.—
2 Poor, needy, destitute, forlorn:
quem tu semper nudum esse voluisti,Cic. Fl. 21, 51:
senecta,Ov. H. 9, 154:
senectus,Juv. 7, 35:
quis tam nudus, ut, etc.,id. 5, 163:
sine amicis, sine hospitibus, plane nudum esse ac desertum,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148.—
II Transf.
A
1 In gen., bare, mere, pure, simple, sole, alone, only:
nuda ista si ponas, judicari qualia sint non facile possim,Cic. Par. 3, 2, 24:
ira Caesaris,Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 17:
locorum nuda nomina,Plin. 3, praef. §
2: virtus nudo homine contenta est,Sen. Ben. 3, 18, 2:
nuda rerum cognitio,Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 4:
nuda virtus,Petr. 88: nudā manu captare fontem, i. e. without a cup, Sen. Hippol. alt. 519.—So freq. in jurid. Lat.:
nudo animo adipisci quidem possessionem non possumus: retinere tamen nudo animo possumus,Paul. Sent. 5, tit. 2:
etiam nudus consensus sufficit obligationi,Dig. 44, 7, 51; Gai. Inst. 3, 154.—
2 Esp., in phrases.
(a) Nudum pactum, a bare agreement, i. e. a contract without consideration:
ex nudo enim pacto inter cives Romanos actio non nascitur,Paul. Sent. 2, 14, 1.—
(b) Nudum jus, an unexecuted right:
qui nudum jus Quiritium in servo habet, is potestatem habere non intellegitur,Gai. Inst. 1, 54; 3, 166.—
B In partic.
1 Simple, unadorned:
Commentarii (Caesaris) nudi sunt, recti et venusti, omni ornatu orationis tamquam veste detractā,Cic. Brut. 75, 262:
brevitas nuda atque inornata,id. de Or. 2, 84, 341:
quoniam dicendi facultas non debeat esse jejuna atque nuda,id. ib. 1, 50, 218:
nuda et velut incompta oratio,Quint. 8, 6, 41; cf. id. 2, 4, 3; Ov. A. A. 3, 747:
sedit humo nudā, nudis incompta capillis,Ov. M. 4, 261.—
2 Undisguised, unadorned, not veiled or obscured:
veritas,Hor. C. 1, 24, 7:
nudissima veritas,Cael. Aur. Chron. 1, 5, 176:
simplex ac nuda veritas,Lact. 3, 1, 3: nuda verba, unveiled, i. e. obscene words, Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 4.—Hence, adv.: nūdē, nakedly, simply (post-class.):
aliquid tradere breviter ac nude,Lact. 3, 1, 11.