Nortia, a name given to the goddess of Fortune among the Etrurians. Livy, bk. 7, ch. 3.
Nothus, a son of Deucalion.——A surname of Darius king of Persia, from his illegitimacy.
Notium, a town of Æolia near the Cayster. It was peopled by the inhabitants of Colophon, who left their ancient habitations because Notium was more conveniently situated in being on the seashore. Livy, bk. 37, chs. 26, 38, 39.
Notus, the south wind, called also Auster.
Novæ (tabernæ), the new shops built in the forum at Rome, and adorned with the shields of the Cimbri. Cicero, On Oratory, bk. 2, ch. 66.——The Veteres tabernæ were adorned with those of the Samnites. Livy, bk. 9, ch. 40.
Novaria, a town of Cisalpine Gaul, now Novara, in Milan. Tacitus, Histories, bk. 1, ch. 70.
Novātus, a man who severely attacked the character of Augustus, under a fictitious name. The emperor discovered him, and only fined him a small sum of money.
Novesium, a town of the Ubii, on the west of the Rhine, now called Nuys, near Cologne. Tacitus, Histories, bk. 4, ch. 26, &c.
Noviodūnum, a town of the Ædui in Gaul, taken by Julius Cæsar. It is pleasantly situated on the Ligeris, and now called Noyon, or, as others suppose, Nevers. Cæsar, Gallic War, bk. 2, ch. 12.
Noviomagus, or Neomagus, a town of Gaul, now Nizeux, in Normandy.——Another, called also Nemetes, now Spire.——Another, in Batavia, now Nimeguen, on the south side of the Waal.