[Nominare]; Nuncupare; Vocare; Appellare. Nominare and nuncupare mean, to call anybody by his name; nominare, to call him by the name which he already possesses; nuncupare, to give a name to an object that has hitherto been without a name; whereas appellare and vocare mean to designate a person by any name, title, or appellation belonging to him. (v. 105.)
[Nonnunquam]; Interdum; Aliquando. Nonnunquam, sometimes in opp. to nunquam and semper, approximates to the meaning of sæpius, like ἔσθ’ ὅτε; interdum, at times, is in opp. to crebro, and approximates to the meaning of rarius, like ἐνίοτε; lastly, aliquando, now and then, is in opp. to semel, and approximates to the meaning of prope nunquam, like ποτέ. The interdum facta denotes actions repeated at considerable intervals of time; the nonnunquam facta, actions repeated at shorter intervals; the aliquando facta, actions repeated at very distant intervals of time. Cic. Sext. 54. Comitiorum et concionum significationes interdum veræ sunt, nonnunquam vitiatæ et corruptæ. And Acad. i. 7. Off. ii. 18. Brut. 67. Mur. 30. (iv. 273.)
Notare, see [Animadvertere].
Notitia, see [Cognitio].
Novissimus, see [Extremus].
[Novus]; Recens; Novicius. 1. Novus means new, as that which did not exist in former times, in opp. to antiquus, like νέος; whereas recens (from candere) new, as one that has not long been in existence, in opp. to vetus. Cic. Verr. ii. 2. Mur. 7. 16. Tusc. iv. 17. Tac. Ann. ii. 88. iv. 12. Colum. vi. 12; like καινός. 2. Novus denotes new, indifferently; novicius (from νέαξ) with the accessory notion of being a novice, who must accustom himself, or be instructed by others, before he is qualified for something, in opp. to vetustus? (iv. 95.)
Noxia, Noxius, see [Culpa].
Nullus sum, see [Nihil sum].
[Numen]; Deus; Divus; Semo; Heros. Numen (πνεῦμα) in a wider sense is any divine being, like δαίμων; in a narrower sense it is used as a species of Deus, or ancient Divus, θεός; and for semideus, a half-god; or semo, a half-man; for which last, besides the foreign word heros, numen also is used. Plin. Pan. 2, 3. Nusquam ut deo, nusquam ut numini blandimur. (vi. 239.)
Nummus, see [Pecunia].