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nūbes, is, f. (ante-class. collat. form, nūbis, is, m.: nubis ater, Plaut. Merc. 5 2, 38: nubs for nubes, Liv. Andron. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 10, 636; cf. Aus. Idyll. de Monosyll. Hist. 12, 4) [Sanscr. nabhas, vapor, cloud; Gr. νέφος, νεφέλη; Lat. nubilus, nebula; cf. nimbus, nubo], a cloud.

  1. I. Lit.: aër concretus in nubes cogitur, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101: id. Ac. 2, 22, 70: atra nubes Condidit lunam, Hor. C. 2, 16, 2: candida, Vulg. Apoc. 14, 14: aestivis effusus nubibus imber, Verg. G. 4, 312; Ov. M. 8, 339: venti nubes abigunt, Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 126: nube deprendere volucrem jaculis, to bring down a bird from the sky, Sil. 16, 566: usque ad nubes, up to heaven, Vulg. Psa. 35, 6; id. Jer. 51, 9.
    Poet.: Sabaeae nubes, the smoke of frankincense, Stat. S. 4, 8, 2.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. A cloud, a dark spot: sudare nubemque discutere, i. e. by the breath, Plin. 33, 8, 44, § 127: crystalla infestantur plurimis vitiis, maculosā nube, etc., id. 37, 2, 10, § 28.
      2. 2. A cloud, thick multitude, dense mass, swarm: locustarum tantae nubes, Liv. 42, 10, 7: Pomptinum velut nubibus locustarum coopertum, id. 42, 2, 4: levium telorum, id. 38, 26: obruti velut nube jaculorum a Balearibus conjectā, id. 21, 55, 6: peditum equitumque, id. 35, 49: (volucrum), Verg. A. 12, 254: nigro glomeratur pulvere nubes, id. ib. 9, 33: muscarum, Plin. 29, 6, 34, § 106: pulveris, Curt. 4, 15, 32: (volucrum) nubem sonoram, Juv. 13, 167: farrea nubes, i. e. porrigo capitis, furfures, Ser. Samm. 3, 34: nubes testium, Vulg. Hebr. 12, 1.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. A cloud, for something unreal or unsubstantial, a phantom: nubes et inania captare, Hor. A. P. 230.
    2. B. Cloudiness, of a gloomy countenance, of sleep, of drunkenness, of blindness (poet.): deme supercilio nubem, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 94; Sil. 8, 612: meri, Val. Fl. 3, 65: soporis, Stat. Achill. 1, 646: mortis, id. S. 4, 6, 72: frontis opacae, id. Th. 4, 512.
    3. C. A gloomy or mournful condition: pars vitae tristi cetera nube vacet, Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 22: omni detersus pectora nube, Stat. S. 1, 3, 109.
    4. D. A veil, obscurity, concealment: fraudibus obice nubem, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 62.
    5. E. A cloud, storm-cloud, i. e. a threatening appearance or approach of misfortune, war: nubem belli, dum detonet omnis, Sustinet, Verg. A. 10, 809: consurgens in Italiā nubes trucis et cruenti belli, Just. 29, 3.

nūbĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [nubes-fero],

  1. I. cloud-bearing, cloud-capped (poet.): Apenninus, Ov. M. 2, 226: rupes, Val. Fl. 599.
  2. II. Cloud-bringing: Notus, Ov. H. 3, 58: Eurus, Sil. 10, 323: ver, Luc. 5, 415.

nūbĭfĭcus, a, um [nubes-facio], producing clouds: aether, Anthol. Lat. 5, 24, 2.

* nūbĭfŭgus, a, um, adj. [nubes-fugio], cloud-chasing: nubifugus Boreas, Col. poët. 10, 288.

nūbĭgĕna, ae, comm. [nubes-gigno], cloud-born, born of clouds or of a cloud (poet.).

  1. I. In gen.: amnes, Stat. Th. 1, 365: nimbi, Prud. Hamart. 486: clipei, the Ancilia (so called because they fell from the sky), Stat. S. 5, 2, 131.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. The Centaurs, whom Ixion begot of a cloud, Stat. Th. 5, 263; Ov. M. 12, 211; 541; cf. Hyg. Fab. 62.
    2. B. Phrixus, as the son of Nephele: Phrixus nubigena, Col. poët. 10, 115.

nūbĭger, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [nubes-gero], borne by the clouds (late Lat.): pluvias, Cassiod. Un. praef.

nūbĭgōsus, a, um, adj. [nubes], full of clouds, cloudy (post-class.): aër, Claud. Mamert. Stat. Anim. 1, 7 dub.

nūbĭla, v. nubilus, 2. b.

nūbĭlārĭum, ĭi (collat. form ‡ nūbĭ-lāre, is, Inscr. Orell. 4369), n. [nubes], a shed or barn, in which corn was kept from the rain: aedificium facere oportet, sub quod tectum totam fundi subicere possis messem, quod vocant quidam nubilarium, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 5; Col. 1, 6, 24; 2, 20, 3; Pall. 1, 36, 2.

nūbĭlis, e, adj. [nubo], marriageable: filia, Cic. Clu. 5, 11: virgo, Liv. 29, 13: jam plenis nubilis annis, Verg. A. 7, 53: nubiles anni, Ov. M. 14, 335.

nūbĭlo, v. a. and n. [nubilum], to be cloudy or overcast; to make cloudy, to overcast.

  1. I. Lit.: si nubilare coeperit, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 5.
          1. (β) Impers. pass.: ubi nubilabitur, Cato, R. R. 88, 2.
    1. B. Transf., to be cloudy, dull: nubilans fulgor carbunculi, Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 94.
  2. II. Trop., to cloud over, to obscure (post-class.): lucem dei, Paul. Nol. Carm. 10, 37.

nūbĭlōsus, a, um, adj. [nubilus], cloudy (post-class.): caligo, App. M. 11, p. 260, 29: dies, Sol. 30, § 33.

nūbĭlus, a, um, adj. [nubes], cloudy, overcast, lowering (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

  1. I. Lit.: caelum, Plin. 16, 26, 46, § 109: dies, id. 2, 35, 35, § 100: annus, Tib. 2, 5, 76.
      1. 2. Subst.
        1. a. nūbĭlum, i, n., a cloudy sky, cloudy weather: venti, qui nubilum inducunt, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 7: differre aliquid propter nubilum, Suet. Ner. 13: vitandos soles atque ventos et nubila etiam ac siccitates. Quint. 11, 3, 27.
          In abl.: nubilo, in cloudy weather, Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 215: aranei sereno texunt, nubilo texunt, id. 11, 24, 28, § 84.
        2. b. In plur.: nū-bĭla, ōrum, n., the clouds: Diespiter lgni corusco nubila dividens, Hor. C. 1, 34, 5: caput inter nubila condit, Verg. A. 4, 177: nubila dissicere, Ov. M. 1, 328: nubila conducere, id. ib. 1, 572: nubila inducere et pellere, id. ib. 7, 202; Plin. Pan. 30, 3.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. Cloud-bringing, cloudy: nubilus Auster, Ov. P. 2, 1, 26; Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 127; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 287.
      2. 2. Dark, gloomy: Styx, Ov. F. 3, 322: via nubila taxo, id. M. 4, 432: Tibris, id. ib. 14, 447: Arcas, dwelling in the infernal regions, Stat. Th. 4, 483.
      3. 3. Dark, of color: nubilus color margaritae, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 108; Mart. 8, 51, 4.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. Beclouded, troubled: ita nubilam mentem Animi habeo, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 5: Mars nubilus irā, Stat. Th. 3, 230.
    2. B. Gloomy, sad, melancholy: toto nubila vultu, Ov. M. 5, 512: oculi hilaritate nitescunt et tristitiā quoddam nubilum ducunt, Quint. 4, 3, 27; cf. Plin. 2, 6, 4, § 13; Stat. S. 5, 3, 13: nubila tempora, Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 40; 1, 9, 6: nubila nascenti seu mihi Parca fuit, unfavorable, adverse, id. ib. 5, 3, 14.

nūbis, is, m., a cloud, v. nubes.

* nūbĭvăgus, a, um, adj. [nubes-vagor], wandering among the clouds: meatus, Sil. 12, 102.