adjective

nĭtĭdus

fem. nĭtĭda · neut. nĭtĭdum

shining, glittering, bright, polished, clear

shining, glittering, bright, polished, clear (class.; syn.: splendidus, lautus).

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Lit.: facite, sultis, nitidae ut aedes meae sint, Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 8: in picturis alios horrida, inculta ... contra alios nitida, laeta delectant, Cic. Or. 11, 36: nitidus juventā (anguis), Verg. G. 3, 437: caesaries, id. ib. 4, 337: caput solis, id. ib. 1, 467: ebur, Ov. M. 2, 3: aries nitidissimus auro, id. F. 3, 867: aether, Val. Fl. 3, 467: pisces, with gleaming scales, Ov. M. 1, 74: cujus turbavit nitidos exstinctus passer ocellos, Juv. 6, 8.—

by extension

sleek, plump, fat •

Of animals, sleek, plump, fat: jumenta, Nep. Eum. 5, 6.—

well-conditioned, well-favored, healthy-looking; with fresh, unblunted, unsated senses •

Of persons, well-conditioned, well-favored, healthy-looking: me pinguem et nitidum bene curatā cute vises, Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 15.—So, nitidis sensibus haurire aliquid, with fresh, unblunted, unsated senses, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 193.—

Good-looking, handsome, beautiful, neat, elegant, spruce, trim ••

Good-looking, handsome, beautiful, neat, elegant, spruce, trim: nimis nitida femina, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 4: quos pexo capillo nitidos videtis, Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ex nitido fit rusticus, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 83: villae, id. ib. 1, 15, 46: nitidioris vitae instrumenta, Plin. 13, 16, 30, § 100.—

blooming, fertile, luxuriant poetic ••

Of fields and plants, blooming, fertile, luxuriant: nitidae fruges arbustaque laeta, Lucr. 2, 594: campi nitidissimi viridissimique, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47: nitidissima arboris pars, Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 104. —Poet.: nitidissimus annus, rich, fertile, Ov. F. 5, 265.—

Of the wrestling ring, in allusion to the oil with which the wrestlers' bodies…

Of the wrestling ring, in allusion to the oil with which the wrestlers' bodies were anointed: palaestrae, Mart. 4, 8, 5.—

cultivated, polished, refined; splendidly, brightly, beautifully, magnificently figuratively •••

Trop., cultivated, polished, refined: nitidum quoddam genus verborum et laetum, Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 81: verba nitidiora, id. Part. 5, 17: Isocrates nitidus et comptus, Quint. 10, 1, 79: Messala, id. 1, 7, 35: oratio, id. 8, 3, 18; 49; orator, id. 12, 10, 78: nitida et curata vox, id. 11, 3, 26: hilares nitidique vocantur, Juv. 11, 178: vita nitidior, Plin. 13, 16, 30, § 100.—Hence, adv.: nĭtĭdē, splendidly, brightly, beautifully, magnificently: ut nitide nitet, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 3: cenare nitide, id. Cas. 3, 6, 19; cf. id. Cist. 1, 1, 11.

Perseus ID: n31033 Key: nitidus