nugax

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

nūgax, ācis (collat. form indecl. ‡ nugas, σαπρός, Gloss. Philox.; so, ‡ nugas, inutilis, Gloss. Vet.; cf. Don. p. 1749 P.; Charis. p. 1; 15; 22; 120 ib.; Diom. p. 286 P.; Prisc. p. 649; 701 ib.; Val. Prob. 1464 and 1478 ib.), adj. [nugor],

jesting, trifling, frivolous , Varr. ap. Non. 355, 22: qui tam nugax esset, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 1: nugax es, Petr. 52; Ambros. Ep. 58, 6 ext.— Adv. only sup. : nūgācissimē ( -sŭmē ), in the most trifling manner , Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 90.