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N / ningit
verb intransitive

ningit

3rd PP ēbat · 4th PP nxit · conj. 3rd
or , , Gr. νίφει; cf. nix, and v. Serv. Verg. A. 4, 250
it snows
it snows.
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Lit.: ningit, Col. 11, 2, 31; Verg. G. 3, 367: cum ninxerit caelestium molem mihi, Att. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P. (Trag. Rel. v. 101 Rib.).—
In the pass. form: totum istud spatium, quā pluitur et ninguitur, App. Flor. 1,… •
In the pass. form: totum istud spatium, quā pluitur et ninguitur, App. Flor. 1, p. 340, 39.—*
to shower down, scatter by extension •
Transf., to shower down, scatter: ningunt rosarum Floribus, Lucr. 2, 627.
Perseus ID: n30984 Key: ningit