I.naked, bare, unclothed, uncovered, exposed.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “membra nuda dabant terrae,” Lucr. 5, 970 Lachm. N. cr. (not nudabant): “tamquam nudus nuces legeret, in ventrem abstulisse,” Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265: “nudus membra Pyracmon,” Verg. A. 8, 425: “nuda pedem,” Ov. M. 7, 183: “capite nudo,” bareheaded, Sall. J. 94, 1: “pedibus nudis,” Hor. S. 1, 8, 24: “costae nudae tegmine,” Sil. 5, 449.—Esp., without the toga, in one's tunic: “nudus ara, sere nudus,” Verg. G. 1, 299; Petr. 92; Aur. Vict. Vir. Illustr. 17; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 3, 26, 9.—Unarmed, unprotected: “in maximo metu nudum et caecum corpus ad hostes vortere,” his defenceless back, Sall. J. 107, 1; Liv. 5, 45, 3.—Prov.: vestimenta detrahere nudo, i. e. to get something out of one who has nothing, or to draw blood from a stone, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 79.—Of things: “silex nuda,” not covered with turf, Verg. E. 1, 15: “ensis,” id. A. 12, 306: “sedit humo nudā,” Ov. M. 4, 261: “et quodcumque jacet nudā tellure cadaver,” on the bare ground, unburied, Luc. 6, 550; so of unburied bodies, id. 8, 434; Stat. Th. 8, 73: “nudum nemus,” leafless, Sen. Herc. Oet. 281.—
(β).
With gen.: “loca nuda gignentium,” bare of vegetation, Sall. J. 79, 6: “nudus Arboris Othrys,” Ov. M. 12, 512. —
B. In partic.
1. Stripped, spoiled, vacant, void, deprived, or destitute of, without.
(α).
With abl.: “urbs nuda praesidio,” Cic. Att. 7, 13, 1: “praesidiis,” Liv. 29, 4, 7: “nudus agris, nudus nummis,” Hor. S. 2, 3, 184: “nudum remigio latus,” id. C. 1, 14, 4; Sil. 16, 46.—
(δ).
Absol.: “heri quod homines quattuor In soporem conlocāstis nudos,” Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 147: “partem istam subselliorum nudam atque inanem reliquerunt,” Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 16.—
2. Poor, needy, destitute, forlorn: “quem tu semper nudum esse voluisti,” Cic. Fl. 21, 51: “senecta,” Ov. H. 9, 154: “senectus,” Juv. 7, 35: “quis tam nudus, ut, etc.,” id. 5, 163: “sine amicis, sine hospitibus, plane nudum esse ac desertum,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148.—
II. Transf.
A.
1. In gen., bare, mere, pure, simple, sole, alone, only: “nuda ista si ponas, judicari qualia sint non facile possim,” Cic. Par. 3, 2, 24: “ira Caesaris,” Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 17: “locorum nuda nomina,” Plin. 3, praef. § “2: virtus nudo homine contenta est,” Sen. Ben. 3, 18, 2: “nuda rerum cognitio,” Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 4: “nuda virtus,” Petr. 88: nudā manu captare fontem, i. e. without a cup, Sen. Hippol. alt. 519.—So freq. in jurid. Lat.: “nudo animo adipisci quidem possessionem non possumus: retinere tamen nudo animo possumus,” Paul. Sent. 5, tit. 2: “etiam nudus consensus sufficit obligationi,” Dig. 44, 7, 51; Gai. Inst. 3, 154.—
2. Esp., in phrases.
(α).
Nudum pactum, a bare agreement, i. e. a contract without consideration: “ex nudo enim pacto inter cives Romanos actio non nascitur,” Paul. Sent. 2, 14, 1.—
(β).
Nudum jus, an unexecuted right: “qui nudum jus Quiritium in servo habet, is potestatem habere non intellegitur,” Gai. Inst. 1, 54; 3, 166.—
B. In partic.
1. Simple, unadorned: “Commentarii (Caesaris) nudi sunt, recti et venusti, omni ornatu orationis tamquam veste detractā,” Cic. Brut. 75, 262: “brevitas nuda atque inornata,” id. de Or. 2, 84, 341: “quoniam dicendi facultas non debeat esse jejuna atque nuda,” id. ib. 1, 50, 218: “nuda et velut incompta oratio,” Quint. 8, 6, 41; cf. id. 2, 4, 3; Ov. A. A. 3, 747: “sedit humo nudā, nudis incompta capillis,” Ov. M. 4, 261.—
2. Undisguised, unadorned, not veiled or obscured: “veritas,” Hor. C. 1, 24, 7: “nudissima veritas,” Cael. Aur. Chron. 1, 5, 176: “simplex ac nuda veritas,” Lact. 3, 1, 3: nuda verba, unveiled, i. e. obscene words, Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 4.—Hence, adv.: nūdē , nakedly, simply (post-class.): “aliquid tradere breviter ac nude,” Lact. 3, 1, 11.
