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nausĕa or nausĭa , ae, f., = ναυσία,
I.sea-sickness.
I. Lit.: “ne nauseae molestiam suscipias aeger,” Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 1: “navigavimus sine timore et nauseā,” id. Att. 5, 13, 1: “nauseā pressus,” Cels. 1, 3.—
II. Transf., in gen., sickness, nausea; vomiting (syn. fastidium): “nausea segnis, quae bilem movet nec effundit,” Sen. Ep. 53, 3: “cruditates, quae nauseam faciunt,” Plin. 26, 11, 69, § 112: “elaeomeli non sine nauseā alvum solvit,” id. 23, 4, 50, § 96: nauseam fluentem coërcere. Hor. Epod. 9, 35: “ubi libido veniet nauseae,” Cato, R. R. 156.—
B. Trop., a qualm, nausea: “cotidianam refice nauseam nummis. Audire gratis, Afer, ista non possum,” Mart. 4, 37, 9.
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 (4):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 16.11.1
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 5.13.1
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 1.3
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 53.3
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