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Nebiodūnum (Noviodūnum), i, n., a city of Lower Mœsia, Cod. Th. 10, 21, 1.

nē̆brĭdae, ārum, m. [nebris], the priests of Ceres clothed in a fawn-skin at the Eleusinian mysteries, the nebris-wearers: nebridarum familia, Arn. 5, 185.

† 1. nē̆bris, ĭdis, f., = νεβρίς, a fawnskin worn by the Bacchanals at the Bacchic festivals: nebridas et fragiles thyrsos portare, Stat. Th. 2, 664: a tereti demisit nebrida collo, id. Achill. 1, 609; Claud. IV. Cons. Honor. 605.

‡ 2. Nebris, ĭdis, f., a Roman surname, Inscr. Grut. 476, 8.

† nebrītis, ĭdis, f., = νεβρῖτις, a precious stone sacred to Bacchus, Plin. 37, 10, 64, § 175.

Nebrōdes, is, m., = Νεβρώδη or Νευρώδη, τά, a chain of mountains running across Sicily from east to west, Sil. 14, 237; Sol. 5, 12.

† Nebrŏphŏnos, Nebrŏphŏnē, m. and f., = νεβροφόνος and νεβροφόνη, fawnkiller.

  1. I. Masc., the name of a dog: Nebrophonosque valens, Ov. M. 3, 211.
  2. II. Fem., a nymph of Diana, Claud. Laud. Stil. 3, 249.

‡ nebrundines, v. nefrens.

‡ Nebrus, i, m., = Νεβρός (fawn), a Roman surname, Inscr. Grut. 476, 8.

nĕbŭla, ae, f. [like nubes; Sanscr. nabhas; Lat. aër, caelum; Gr. νεφέλη], mist, vapor, fog, smoke, exhalation (syn.: nubes, nimbus).

  1. I. Lit.: fluviis ex omnibus et simul ipsa Surgere de terrā nebulas aestumque videmus, etc., Lucr. 6, 477; Verg. A. 8, 258: tenuem exhalat nebulam, id. G. 2, 217.
    Poet., of the clouds: nebulae pluviique rores, Hor. C. 3, 3, 56; Verg. A. 1, 412; 439 (for which, nubes, id. ib. 587; Ov. M. 6, 21.
    Of smoke, Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 31.
    Of any thing soft or transparent: nebula haud est mollis, atque hujus est, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 21: desine Inter ludere virgines Et stellis nebulam spargere candidis, Hor. C. 3, 15, 6.
    Prov.: nebulae cyathus, of any thing worthless, trifling, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 62.—
    Personified = Nephele, Hyg. Fab. 2 and 3.
    1. B. Transf., a foggy mist, a vapor, cloud: pulveris nebula, Lucr. 5, 253: nebulae dolia summa tegunt, Ov. F. 5, 269: pinguem nebulam vomuere lucernae, Pers. 5, 181; Sil. 6, 281: per nebulam audire, aut scire aliquid, to hear or know a thing indistinctly, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 47; id. Capt. 5, 4, 26 (for which: quasi per caliginem videre, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 2).
      1. 2. A thin, transparent substance; of a thin garment: aequum est induere nuptam ventum textilem, Palam prostare nudam in nebulā lineā, Laber. ap. Petr. 55; of a thin plate of metal, Mart. 8, 33, 3.
  2. II. Trop., darkness, obscurity: erroris nebula, Juv. 10, 4: nebulae quaestionum, obscure, puzzling questions, Gell. 8, 10 in lemm.: suspicionum nebulae, vague suspicions, Amm. 14, 1, 4.
    Of something empty, trifling, worthless: grande locuturi nebulas Helicone legunto, Pers. 5, 7 (for which: nubes et inania captare, Hor. A. P. 230).

nĕbŭlo, ōnis, m. [nebula],

  1. I. a paltry, worthiess fellow, an idle rascal, a sorry wretch: nugator ac nebulo, Lucil. ap. Non. 19, 3; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 15: nos ab isto nebulone facetius eludimur, quam putamus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128: nebulones Alcinoique juventus, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 28: vappa ac nebulo, id. S. 1, 1, 104; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 12: nebulo lucifugus (perh. on account of the etymology of the word), a scoundrel that shuns the light, Lucil. ap. Non. 19, 2.
    In apposition with homo: vulgus nebulonum hominum, Gell. 1, 2, 7; 16, 6, 12.
  2. II. Acc. to Acron ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 12, nebulo also signifies a man of low birth; on which account slaves were also called nebulones.

‡ nĕbŭlor, āri, v. dep. [nebulo], to be a worthless fellow: nebulor, ἀχρηστῶ, Gloss. Philox.

nĕbŭlōsĭtas, ātis, f. [nebulosus], mistiness, cloudiness, darkness (post-class. and very rare): vaporum nebulositas, Arn. 7, 234.

nĕbŭlōsus, a, um, adj. [nebula], full of mist or vapor, misty, foggy, cloudy, dark.

  1. I. Lit.: ager si nebulosus est, Cato, R. R. 6: nebulosum et caliginosum caelum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 60: nebulosus et roscidus aër, Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 36: exhalatio, id. 31, 3, 27, § 44: dies nebulosi nubilive, Cels. 2, 1.
    1. B. Esp. of a fine texture, cloud-like, = νεφέλαι, nebulosa retia, Aus. Ep. 3, 5.
  2. * II. Trop., dark, difficult to understand: nomen, Gell. 20, 3, 3.