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nōdābĭlis, e, adj. [nodo], knotty (late Lat.), Vict. Tunon. de Poenit. 3.

* nōdāmen, ĭnis, n. [nodo], a knotting, knot: lori, Paul. Nol. Carm. 26, 593.

* nōdātĭo, ōnis, f. [nodo], knottiness, nodosity: propter nodationis duritiem, Vitr. 2, 9, 7.

nōdātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from nodo.

nōdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [nodus], to furnish or fill with knots.

  1. I. Lit.: ferula nodata, Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123: cornus nodata, id. 16, 38, 73, § 186.
  2. II. Transf., to tie in a knot, to knot, Cato, R. R. 32, 2: crines nodantur in aurum, Verg. A. 4, 138: collum laqueo nodatus ab arto, Ov. R. Am. 17: animalia phalerari sibi magis quam nodari videntur, Ambros. in Cant. Cantic. 1, § 43.
    Hence, nōdātus, a, um, P. a., knotty, i. e. entangled, intricate: rapidus nodato gurgite vortex, Stat. Th. 9, 276.