I.a little nest.
I. Lit.: “Ithacam illam, in asperrimis saxulis, tamquam nidulum, affixam,” Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 196; Gell. 2, 29, 2.—*
II. Trop., a place of retirement: senectutis, Auct. ap. Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 1: “opuscula mea, quia plurima evolaverunt de nidulo suo,” Hier. Ep. 47, 3.