Numida

numida númida Translingual thumb Etymology From mul la Numida Numidian. Proper noun 1 m genus family Numididae helmeted guinea fowl Hypernyms genus ; Numididae family family Hyponyms genus Numida meleagris species sole species References 1 1 1 176125 1 mul Birds Latin Etymology la :bor grc:νομάς 1 From la grc νομάς (this name also meant "Numidian"). Doublet of the later la Nomas 1. Historian Gabriel Camps, however, argues for its African origin. Pronunciation Numida Noun Numida<1.both> m a nomad Numidian Declension Numida<1.both> Derived terms la Numidia la Numidicus Descendants pt Númida Proper noun Numida<1.both> m A Roman en cognomen — famously held by: Plotius Numida, a friend of Horace Declension Numida<1.both> Adjective Numida<1-1+> Numidian la Ovid Ars Amatoria 2 183 Obsequium tigresque domat Numidasque leones;Rustica paulatim taurus aratra subit. Compliance tames tigers and Numidian lions; little by little the bull submits to the rustic plough. J. H. Mozley, revised by G. P. Goold. 1929 la Ovid Epistulae ex Ponto 4 9 28 alternatively "Numidi" in some editionsPublii Ovidii Nasonis Fastorum Libri VI. Cum integris Jacobi Micylli, Herculis Ciofani, Caroli Neapolis, Danielis et Nicolai Heinsiorum, et excerptis aliorum notis, quibus adiecit suas Petrus Burmannus Tom III. 1727 870 https://books.google.com/books?id=Ih6SKEE0MvYC&pg=PA870 Signa quoque in sella nossem formata curuliet totum Numidae sculptile dentis opus. la Juvenal Satires 4 100 Profuit ergo nihil misero quod comminus ursos / figebat Numidas Albana nudus harena / venator. It turned out to do the unfortunate youth no good to appear naked as a hunter in the Alban amphitheatre, spearing Numidian bears close up. Susanna Morton Braund 2004 Declension Numida<1-1+> Alternative forms la Numidus References Further reading la cognomina la Demonyms Nationalities Africa