Nonius

Whereupon Catullus called Nonius a scab or impostume though he sat in his chair of estate. [

The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

Accordingly, Catullus calls Nonius an "ulcer-spot," though "sitting in the curule chair."

The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1896

[3708] Nonius the senator hath a purple coat as stiff with jewels as his mind is full of vices; rings on his fingers worth 20,000 sesterces, and as [3709] Perox the Persian king, an union in his ear worth one hundred pounds weight of gold: [3710] Cleopatra hath whole boars and sheep served up to her table at once, drinks jewels dissolved,

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Jesuit contends out of Clavius and Nonius demonstrations de Crepusculis: or rather 32 stadiums, as the most received opinion is; or 4 miles, which the height of no mountain doth perpendicularly exceed, and is equal to the greatest depths of the sea, which is, as Scaliger holds, 1580 paces, Exer.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Nonius an “ulcer-spot,” though “sitting in the curule chair.”

Consolation of Philosophy 2007

In the last, especially, he contracted a great deal of hatred, by committing several gross misdemeanors in compliance with the desires of Saturninus; among which was the murder of Nonius, whom

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

For they ignominiously rejected Nonius, his nephew, and Servius, who stood for offices of state by his interest, and elected others as magistrates, by honoring whom they thought they should most annoy him.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Fig.: Nonius-prop, in which the nonius serves to increase the setting load of the otherwise rigid prop. Source:

5.1 Rigid support in drifts and stopes 1993

And standing on an empty rostra shouting to a deserted Forum Romanum, Gaius Servilius Glaucia announced the death of the newly elected tribune of the plebs Quintus Nonius.

The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

Every rich man on the conservative front benches had dug deep into his cashbox, and votes were bought for men like Quintus Nonius from Picenum, a political nobody of stoutly conservative heart.

The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990