adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
nūgātōrius
nūgātōrius (feminine nūgātōria, neuter nūgātōrium)
Classical[nuː.ɡaːˈtoː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[nu.ɡaˈtɔː.ri.us]
Meaning
- adjectivenugatory, trifling
- adjectiveworthless, useless
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nūgātōrius | nūgātōria | nūgātōrium |
| genitive | nūgātōriī | nūgātōriae | nūgātōriī |
| dative | nūgātōriō | nūgātōriae | nūgātōriō |
| accusative | nūgātōrium | nūgātōriam | nūgātōrium |
| ablative | nūgātōriō | nūgātōriā | nūgātōriō |
| vocative | nūgātōrie | nūgātōria | nūgātōrium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nūgātōriī | nūgātōriae | nūgātōria |
| genitive | nūgātōriōrum | nūgātōriārum | nūgātōriōrum |
| dative | nūgātōriīs | nūgātōriīs | nūgātōriīs |
| accusative | nūgātōriōs | nūgātōriās | nūgātōria |
| ablative | nūgātōriīs | nūgātōriīs | nūgātōriīs |
| vocative | nūgātōriī | nūgātōriae | nūgātōria |
nūgātōrĭus, a, um, adj. nugator,
I. trifling, worthless, useless, futile, nugatory:
nugatoriae artes, i. e. lies, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 2: boves Ligustici, worthless, useless, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 9; so, unguentum, id. L. L. 7, § 64 Müll.: ad probandum res infirma nugatoriaque, Cic. Caecin. 23, 64: illud valde leve est ac nugatorium, id. Fam. 11, 2, 3: in malā nugatoriāque accusatione, id. Rosc. Am. 15, 42: genus argumentationis, not to the point, Auct. Her. 2, 20, 31: genus deorum, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 27.—As subst.: nū-gātōrĭus, ii, m., a worthless fellow, nugatorium vocant, Sen. Ep. 36, 2.—Hence, adv.: nūgātōrĭē, triflingly, frivolously: tenuiter et nugatorie respondere, Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
nūgātōrius adj.
nugator, trifling, worthless, useless, futile : ad probandum res: alqd valde.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin nūgor Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin nūgātor m Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin nūgātorius From nūgātor m (“jester”) + -ius (“suffix forming adjectives”).
Descendants
- Englishnugatory
In English words that came into English from nūgātōrius
- nugatorynūgātōrius