nugatorium
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nugatorius, nugatoria, nugatorium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
trifling, worthless, futile, paltry;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →nugator, nugatoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
one who plays the fool; teller of tall stories;
gen. pl.
Examples
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...nomen mihi. hoc cotidianumst. CHARM. Edepol nomen nugatorium, quasi dicas, si quid crediderim tibi, pax++periisse ilico..."Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quemadmodum ad lacum concurritur, quem exhauriunt et turbant. 'Nugatorium et inertem vocant.' Scis quosdam perverse loqui et significare..."