verb transitive

nōdo

2nd PP nōdāre · 3rd PP nōdāvi · 4th PP nōdātum · conj. 1st

to furnish; fill with knots

to furnish or fill with knots.

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Lit.: ferula nodata, Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123: cornus nodata, id. 16, 38, 73, § 186.—

to tie in a knot, to knot; P. a., knotty; entangled, intricate by extension ••

Transf., to tie in a knot, to knot, Cato, R. R. 32, 2: crines nodantur in aurum, Verg. A. 4, 138: collum laqueo nodatus ab arto, Ov. R. Am. 17: animalia phalerari sibi magis quam nodari videntur, Ambros. in Cant. Cantic. 1, § 43.—Hence, nōdātus, a, um, P. a., knotty, i. e. entangled, intricate: rapidus nodato gurgite vortex, Stat. Th. 9, 276.

Perseus ID: n31105 Key: nodo