nōdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [nodus], to furnish or fill with knots.
I Lit.: ferula nodata, Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123: cornus nodata, id. 16, 38, 73, § 186.—
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.
III —Hence, nōdātus , a, um, P. a., knotty , i. e. entangled, intricate : rapidus nodato gurgite vortex, Stat. Th. 9, 276.