I.full of knots, knotty (syn. geniculatus).
I. Lit.: “stipes,” Ov. H. 10, 101: “robur,” Val. Fl. 8, 298: “lina,” nets, Ov. M. 3, 153; so, “plagae,” id. F. 6, 110: “vitis,” Juv. 8, 247: “ossa,” the bones of the neck, the cervical vertebræ, Luc. 8, 672: “rami,” Sen. Ep. 12, 1: “fructus,” Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 176: “cheragra (so called from its producing blains and knots on the fingers),” Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 31: “podagra,” Ov. P. 1, 3, 23.—
II. Trop., knotty, intricate, difficult (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “quaestiones,” Macr. S. 7, 1 med.—Sup.: “nodosissimi libri enodati,” Aug. Conf. 4, 16: “Cicuta,” familiar with the intricacies of the law, Hor. S. 2, 3, 69; so, “nodosam exsolvite stipem,” Val. Max. 2, 9, 1 (dub.).—Hence, adv.: nōdōsē , intricately, obscurely (post-class.); comp.: “nodosius,” Tert. Res. Carn. 46.
