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nūgātor , ōris, m. nugor,
I.a jester, joker, babbler, trifler, silly person; hence, too, a braggart, a swaggerer: illic nugator nili, non nauci'st homo, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. naucus, p. 166 Müll. (Com. v. 10 Vahl.); Lucil. ap. Non. 35, 24; Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 91; 5, 2, 14: “nimius,” id. Capt. 2, 2, 25: “vae tibi nugator!” id. Mil. 4, 2, 86: “non vero tam isti (lacerti), quam tu ipse nugator,” Cic. Sen. 9, 27: “neque in istum nugatorem, tamquam in aliquem testem, invehar,” id. Fl. 16, 38; Liv. 38, 56: “homo nihili et nugator,” Gell. 15, 2, 2: “iste nugator libellus,” Aus. Idyll. 11 praef.: “cessas nugator?” Pers. 5, 127.—
II. Perh., a debauchee, Prud. Cath. 2, 29.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 4.2
    • Plautus, Captivi, 2.2
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 4.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 56
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 9
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 15.2.2
    • Persius, Saturae, 5
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