The corpus record — Latin

nugor

To jest, trifle, play the fool, talk nonsense

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Where it lives

Casina 1 · 1.29/10k
Mercator 1 · 1.17/10k
Mostellaria 1 · 1.04/10k
Trinummus 1 · 1.02/10k
De Divinatione 1 · 0.36/10k
Letters to Atticus 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

nūgor — Lewis & Short

nūgor, ātus, 1,

I v. dep. n. [id.].

I To jest, trifle, play the fool, talk nonsense ( = fluarei=n; syn. ludo): Democritus non inscite nugatur, ut physicus, Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30: cum aliquo, Hor. S. 2, 1, 73; cf. id. Ep. 2, 1, 93.—

II To trick, cajole, cheat: nugatur sciens, Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 11: non mihi nugari potes, id. Ep. 3, 4, 42; id. Trin. 4, 2, 55.

In the wild

nugatur Cicero, Letters to Atticus 5.21.14
nugatur Cicero, De Divinatione 2.30
nugatur Plautus, Trinummus 4.2
nugamini Plautus, Mostellaria 3.1
nugor Plautus, Mercator 1.2
Nugatur Plautus, Casina 5.4

Where it came from

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